There has never been a time when the influence of nonprofit leaders was more needed. In particular, we need to have influence with the money and policy decision makers that hold the power to help or harm the people we serve.

At the same time, a lot of things are happening that could leave a nonprofit leader feeling pretty vulnerable and powerless. Our challenge is to find a way to move like water and create that influence no matter what else is going on.

One of the things I hear most frequently from nonprofit leaders I work with is some version of, we can't get XYZ critical decision maker to listen to us. We've tried everything and we can't get through to them. We either can't get them to listen, or we can't get access to them, or both. And then what happens is folks just kind of give up on those decision makers or resign themselves to not being able to have influence with them.

I get how that happens, but what's that costing you? If these are money and policy decision makers that matter, can you afford not to have influence with them? Is that really an option?

In this episode, we share:

• The two biggest problems most nonprofit leaders have in getting access to the right decisionmakers, and how to solve them
• How past experience with decisionmakers can lead you to the wrong conclusions about influence building – and how that gets in your way
• How to train your subconscious brain to seek out and funnel influence-building opportunities to you
• How to craft messaging that will really land with a decisionmaker, and motivate them to work with you
• What it really means to speak the decisionmaker’s language, and why it makes such a huge difference
• How to know when it’s time to switch tactics and build influence another way

I'm preparing to launch a group coaching program that will focus specifically on helping you craft messaging that will shift decisionmakers’ perspectives and get them on board with sustaining and even expanding your funding. This will be a coaching opportunity for a limited number of people to come in and be part of a group. There'll be some training, but most of it will be coaching and helping you to get your messaging dialed in so that you can address this pressing need.

What I'm seeing right now is there's nothing more important than this. If that sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, message me through the podcast website or on LinkedIn.

Links:

Episode 67 -- Three Keys to FInding the Right Decisionmaker in any System