The Year of Reinvention
 
May 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
What are the Five Stages of Professional Influence?
 
 
NEW CORNERSTONE CONCEPT
 
 
We have entered a new era. The pandemic has revealed the true promise of the internet—to work when, where and how we want.
The metaphor of climbing the corporate ladder is a relic, replaced with a career that is ours to define.
During our upcoming Mid-Year Conference, Influential U will introduce a new cornerstone concept we call The Stages of Professional Influence.
Professional Influence is our ability to design the rewarding career we desire.
At the Mid-Year Conference we will explore the five stages of professional influence, and identify the key problems that keep us stuck at any stage. We’ll refocus our careers and redefine what winning looks like.
What stage are you in? Is your thinking accurate? How do you validate and modify your approach? We’ll explore all this and more together at the conference.
 
 
 
 
10–12 July 2022
Sunday to Tuesday
Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach
450 East Harbor Boulevard
Ventura CA 93001
 
24–26 July 2022
Sunday to Tuesday
The Hotel Britomart
29 Galway Street, Auckland CBD
Auckland 1010, New Zealand
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agile gets more agile with Transactional Competence
 
 
SPECIAL WEBINAR — 25 MAY — 4:00–5:30 PM PACIFIC
 
 
Most Agile Coaches struggle with Influencing up—getting greater buy-in for authentic Agility. It isn't easy to influence executive buy-in, and more challenging is to get buy-in for the real deal. In the absence of authentic Agility, you get all the pain and none of the gain. Ultimately, it will appear as if there is a missing piece to the manifesto. Join our panel of agility-focused Influential U students as we discuss how Transactional Competence™ allows Agility to out-perform expectations. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Five tips to turn your side hustle into a full-time gig
 
 
GET START UP READY
 
 
Microsoft’s survey of 30,000+ workers indicated that 41% of workers were considering quitting or changing professions this year, citing burnout, a desire to work remotely, poor treatment, or insufficient compensation. The Great Resignation has many dreaming of a business of their own. If you’re one of the thousands longing to turn a hobby or side job into a full-time gig, you’re not alone. Here are five things to consider if you want to succeed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Is there an innovation recipe? 
 
 
CONVERT SCARCE RESOURCES
 
 
The greatest innovations in history share one common ingredient: they convert scarce resources into abundant ones. This secret recipe begins with a reinvention of tangible, intangible, and human assets. So what is the formula?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Join us in July for our
2022 Mid-Year Conference
 
 
VENTURA + AUCKLAND
 
 
With the 2022 Year of Reinvention already underway, the Influential U Mid-Year Conference is designed as a halfway point. How do we validate and modify our assumptions? What if we’re off track? What and who do we need to know to finish out a year like no other? This three-day live event provides highly specialized training and practices tailored to help you stay on track. 
 
 
 
 
10–12 July 2022
Sunday to Tuesday
Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach
450 East Harbor Boulevard
Ventura CA 93001
 
24–26 July 2022
Sunday to Tuesday
The Hotel Britomart
29 Galway Street, Auckland CBD
Auckland 1010, New Zealand
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Swept Away by a Powerful Current
 
 
WITH PETER BURGRAF
 
 
Peter Burgraf is Vice President of Business Development at Q2 Business Capital in Chicago, Illinois. Peter, like many people in early life, was swept away by the idea, plugged in self-help books and traditional mantras, that “If you just work hard, everything will turn out fine.” He was young, had a ton of debt, and no way of getting out of it. He had some big goals and didn't want to wait 25 years to move into a position that might provide the income he needed to support his family.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
How Resilient Are You?
 
 
WITH KIM CORBETT
 
 
Success is not for the faint of heart. Lofty goals are challenging to achieve, and most won't reach them. But why do some quit while others bounce back? How do some muster up the resilience to try again when faced with failure? Maybe some people are not equipped with the constitution to handle failing, much less, repetitive failure. Likely, most of us wouldn't stomach 10,000 failures in search of success. So, how do we develop the resilience we'll require for our ambitions?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Get a higher education in professional influence
 
 
FUNDAMENTALS OF TRANSACTION STARTS JUNE 15
 
 
Our curriculum begins with the Fundamentals of Transaction Program, an immersive course of study specifically designed to influence others, work less, and make more. 46.6% more income in 6 months.