Pemimpin teknis jarang mempunyai kuasa formal atas pasukan lain atau bahkan pasukan mereka sendiri; anda tidak boleh memerintah orang. Kepemimpinan anda berjalan atas pengaruh: kepercayaan, kredibilitas, hubungan, dan persuasi. Ini adalah kemahiran teras kepemimpinan teknis senior, dan ia boleh dipelajari.
Mengapa ini penting
✓ Build CREDIBILITY — be right often, deliver, admit when you're wrong
✓ Build RELATIONSHIPS before you need them — not just when you want something
✓ Understand others' GOALS — frame your ask in terms of what they care about
✓ Give before you take — help others; reciprocity is real
✓ Use DATA and reasoning, not just opinion or title
✓ Find allies and build coalitions for big changes
✓ Make it easy to say yes — lower the cost of agreeing with you
