Getting buy-in on your team project and task from those who you do not directly manage can prove challenging. Here are 5 areas to check your data against for persuasiveness.

1. Helping Teams Work 9 of 12
Is Your Data
Persuasive
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3. Do’s and Don’ts For Dealing With Resistance To Your Project
Identifying Reasons People May Resist Your Project
Recognizing Resistance To Your Project
Is Your Data Persuasive?
Influence Strategies
Dealing With Team Problems
Dealing With Difficult Team Members
Handling Team Conflict Through Compromising vs. Consensus-Seeking
Conflict Management Approaches
Making Team Decision Through Consensus
Running the Team Meeting
Team Leaders’ Biggest Team Meeting Mistake
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4. Is Your Data Persuasive?
Getting buy-in on your team project and task from those who you do not
directly manage can prove challenging.
Here are 5 areas to check your data against for persuasiveness.
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5. [ ] Relevant: You’re presenting data that the person
cares about and can do something about.
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6. [ ] User-Friendly: You’re presenting data in multiple
forms, with pictures where possible, in language that
is familiar to the person.
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7. [ ] Easily Verifiable: You’re letting the person know
where the data came from, and how/by whom it was
collected. (Still better: the person was involved in the
collection process.)
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8. [ ] Selective: So that
the person will not be
overwhelmed, you’ve
resisted the urge to
include every bit of
data you have, and
you’ve prepared backup
info in case it’s
necessary.
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9. [ ] In Context:
You’ve made it
clear to the person
how this data fits
in what he/she
already knows,
and have provided
points of
comparison where
available and
appropriate.
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10. Is Your Data Persuasive?
[ ] Relevant: You’re presenting data that the person cares about
and can do something about.
[ ] User-Friendly: You’re presenting data in multiple forms, with
pictures where possible, in language that is familiar to the person.
[ ] Easily Verifiable: You’re letting the person know where the
data came from, and how/by whom it was collected. (Still better:
the person was involved in the collection process.)
[ ] Selective: So that the person will not be overwhelmed, you’ve
resisted the urge to include every bit of data you have, and you’ve
prepared backup in case it’s necessary.
[ ] In Context: You’ve made it clear to the person how this data
fits in what he/she already knows, and have provided points of
comparison where available and appropriate.
www.create-learning.com

11. Do’s and Don’ts For Dealing With Resistance To Your Project
Identifying Reasons People May Resist Your Project
Recognizing Resistance To Your Project
Is Your Data Persuasive?
Influence Strategies
Dealing With Team Problems
Dealing With Difficult Team Members
Handling Team Conflict Through Compromising vs. Consensus-Seeking
Conflict Management Approaches
Making Team Decision Through Consensus
Running the Team Meeting
Team Leaders’ Biggest Team Meeting Mistake
www.create-learning.com

12. Helping Teams Work 9 of 12
Is Your Data
Persuasive
www.create-learning.com