Secrets of Creating Interpersonal Power

">internalexperience. To maximize your performance
If you work with people, as a company owner,you need tohave the opportunity to make new sense
manager andteam leader or on the customerof things, toreframe your experience and to bounce
interface, your impact onothers is your most importantoff ideas with animpartial and logical mind. That way
asset! Someone creatingyou can use everyexperience for growth and
'Interpersonal Power', as I see it, has the ability toachievement!
inspire,motivate and facilitate outstanding action inResearch is the process of tracking and analyzing as
another.manyof the 'measurable quantities' as possible. It's
In 1996 I won the Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA, inabout beingon a quest for truth: what's really so- and
Whitewater Slalom.why- and is thereanother way?
As an athlete then, I needed someone I couldI believe top achievers in any field are relentless and
trustcompletely, someone I could communicate withdrivenon this quest for excellence.
almostwithout words. Providing the assuring 'outsideWorking with individual preferences, recognizes that
view' on myperformance and the unwavering sharedwe areall in our own model of the world, making
vision of mysuccess.meaning of thingsdue to our personal experiences and
Later, as a coach and leader myself, I needed to knowthe resultingpreferences. Recognizing and actively
howto create this 'Interpersonal Power' with all theworking withanother's personal perception of what is
people thatwere essential to achieving our goals. Inhappening is amajor step in creating 'Interpersonal
2004 I took asquad of 5 athletes in 4 disciplines with 2Power' with thatperson. That's what's called 'being in
other coachesand a number of support staff torapport' and it can befacilitated and learned.
Athens and we won twoYou can read another's unconscious programs,
Olympic Medals with 2 first-time Olympians!whichallows you to translate your message to them
Beside having and sharing a common mission withinto thelanguage they truly hear and respond to! It also
agreedtargets and having good clarity of roles forsensitizesyou to the detail of how we are different
everyoneinvolved, I found it very effective to becomeand how that isnecessary and effective for the
aware of and actin accordance with any unconsciouspurpose of creating the mostsatisfying and successful
motivations andindividual preferences.team efforts.
What you see, hear or feel isn't always what you get.So, in many ways, achieving is a journey and not
Scientists estimate that about 90% of our behavioradestination.
isunconsciously motivated! There are always a numberLearning how to achieve when it counts then, to get
oflevels to every challenge.themedals on the day, or to close the most thought
So how did we get to the core issues? Throughafter dealstime and again, requires the use of these
inquiry andresearch.and otherfascinating secrets.
Inquiry is the process of unraveling someone's