Read "Strengthen Your Ability to Influence Others" and "Secrets to Influencing at Work." What is your biggest takeaway from these articles?

Explain how you have observed a leader who has been successful in "influence by transformation" discussed in "Strengthen Your Ability to Influence Others."  

Bohns shares mistakes that people often make when trying to influence others.  Which of these mistakes have you made (or observed someone else make), and what would have been a better approach to influence?