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CNN
Dear Friend: It's over 'tween us'
May 27, 2008
There are right ways and wrong ways to end relationships says Kerry Patterson, author of Crucial Confrontations.

Training Magazine
The Influencers: A Manager's Guide to Succeeding at Change
May 21, 2008
Kerry Patterson reviews the 8 strategies of Influence.

CNN Interactive
Nine questions to ask your boss
April 21, 2008
Author Kerry Patterson says Workers choose silence over dialogue because they worry about damaging credibility, fear retaliation from key decision makers, or doubt their voice will make a difference. And when employees choose silence, progress suffers.

Des Moines Register
Best-seller turns the pages on bad habits
April 15, 2008
Author David Maxfield directs readers on how to exert influence in their life with six sources and vital behaviors.

Critical Care Nurse
Book Reviews
April 1, 2008
The authors of Influencer have hit yet another home run with a book that makes accessible essential tools that nursing leaders need when moving a good idea along the path to action.

AMA Podcast,
Joseph Grenny on Vital Behaviors for Positive Influence
March 14, 2008
Joseph Grenny introduced principles and skills from Influencer.

Bloomberg TV Germany
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
March 1, 2008
Reporter recommends Influencer as one out of three outstanding works.

Sales & Marketing Management
Incentive Magazine
Change Agents
March 6, 2008
Ron McMillan shares tips for becoming an effective influencer.

Arizona Daily Star
In Elementary School, the class bully left you with empty pockets
February 17, 2008
Kerry Patterson shares tips for standing up to the office bully.

Deseret Morning News
Reconsider modes of influence in workplace
February 17, 2008
Kerry Patterson and Al Switzler share how to affect influence in the workplace.

Training 2008 Show Daily
Why Leaders Lack Influence
February 14, 2008
Joseph Grenny introduces the topic of his keynote presentation at Training 2008 and shares influence tips with readers.

The New York Times
The Globe & Mail
It’s Not the Job I Despise, It’s You
February 7, 2008
An online survey by VitalSmarts found that 93 percent of people say they work with “nasty, unreliable or eccentric employees.” And only one in four confront the hated one, the survey found.

Entrepreneur Magazine
Vendor Relations Are Key to Startup Success. Here's How to Hit it Off
February 1, 2008
Kerry Patterson shares tips on how to have effective vendor relations.

Arizona Daily Star
Standing up to the office bully
January 27, 2008
Kerry Patterson shares tips for standing up to the office bully.

getAbstract
Abstract of the Week
January 22, 2008
A review and summary of Influencer: The Power to Change Anything.

Calgary Herald
Best-selling Business Books
January 21, 2008
Influencer is ranked #4 on this list of bestselling business books in Calgary.

CareerBuilder.com
Six Ways to Deal With Digital Bad Manners
January 17, 2008
Ninety-one percent of people regularly encounter public displays of insensitivity caused by a personal digital assistant, according to a recent survey by VitalSmarts.

MSNBC
Racial harassment still infecting the workplace
January 13, 2008
Kerry Patterson advises effective ways to confront racial harassment by using crucial confrontations skills.

Sunday Star Ledger
Think you deserve a raise? Here's how to ask for one
January 13, 2008
Ron McMillan shares crucial conversations tips for getting a raise.

WFAA-TV Good Morning Texas
KSL-TV Studio 5
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
January 2, 2008
January 8, 2008
Ron McMillan share results from the Influencer behavior change study that reveals what successful people do to change bad habits.

Training Magazine
Southern Exposure
January 1, 2008
Joseph Grenny contributes an article previewing the topic of his Training 2008 keynote speech: The Power of Influence.

T+D Magazine
Waning Influence
January 1, 2008
Ninety percent of leaders say dysfunctional behaviors have become acceptable in the workplace - Joseph Grenny speaks to the trend and offers advice from his book Influencer