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Principles That Help To Persuade Groups

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There are six powerful and effective principles that help to persuade groups or individuals to accomplish your desires. They are –

Reciprocity- “a mutual expectation for exchange of value or service” (McLean, 2010). Reciprocity is the expectation someone will do something for you.

Scarcity- “the perception of inadequate supply or a limited resource” (McLean, 2010). If someone thinks something is going to unavailable, this will help to persuade them in your favor.

Authority- If you have authority on something you will have more power to convince someone that this is right for them.

Commitment and consistency- A form of commitment to the person and being consistent is to write down what you tell the customer. Is shows you are committed to what you tell someone.

Consensus- If something is appealing to someone or a group of people then it will have more appeal to the ones you are trying to persuade.

Liking- “involves the perception of safety and belonging in communication” (McLean, 2010). If you can make someone feel like they are involved and belong with what you are doing, then you have an advantage to help persuade them. …show more content…

There once was a time where we could have separate groups for procedures, however the caseloads have changed that directs us to have everyone trained. We started with volunteers first then began seniority down on training. One employee, actually a close friend of mine, was becoming a source of discontent to the other staff about having to train for this procedure. I have had to work daily to persuade her to become part of the team and have a better attitude about this. Her having a strong will and personality has been an interesting challenge to persuade her without having to involve upper

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