Book review

摘要

The Influencer: The Power to Change Anything by Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan and Switzer is a book about influencing change in differing environments. These five consultants have taken the concept of human behavior change and simplified it so that any of us can look at our own situation and easily apply the process.rnOften people think they can't control environments or create significant change in other people's thinking. In this book, the authors have made a real effort to break down this attitude and have outlined specific behaviors that can be implemented in certain groups or populations to achieve success. Although the book targets a general audience, it does seem most relevant to readers in a corporate environment. The authors use several stories to outline their message and, interestingly, only a couple of these involve a corporate setting.