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Abstract
Effective leaders do not accomplish the goals for which they are accountable without the support and actions of others. Influencing skills are key to leaders enlisting this support for their goals that prompts others to work to achieve them. Influencing is the leader’s ability to persuade others to act in the way the leader desires. While leaders can accomplish some influence with others through the power of their positions, most influence is accomplished based on the merits of their interpersonal skills. In addition to influence and persuasion skills, social intelligence attributes from the positive psychology movement are essential for leaders to use in enlisting the commitment and efforts of others to achieve the goals for which they are accountable.