In today’s session on influence, many people realised something important: We all have one natural style: pushing with expectations persuading with logic building bridges or inspiring with vision But no single style works in every situation. Influence is about choosing the right approach at the right moment. 👉 What is the style you use most often? Comment or DM me. - 👋 Hello! I’m Eric Fingerhut, Executive Coach and Team Facilitator. I help individuals get promoted without b

Performance is important, but it’s not enough. As Harvey Coleman explained, career growth depends on three factors: 🔹 Performance  – What you deliver  🔹 Image  – How you’re perceived  🔹 Exposure  – Who knows your work Most professionals overinvest in the first and ignore the last two. Visibility isn’t luck. It’s strategy. Communication isn’t a distraction from your work, it’s part of it. When you share your work with clarity and humility, you help others connect your contr

During my session on visibility, I saw once again how many talented professionals rely on others to notice their good work.  They deliver. They care. But they stay invisible. Visibility isn’t luck, and it’s not self-promotion either.  It’s the ability to connect what you do to what matters for others — to make your value easy to understand and hard to forget. As I shared during the session, Harvey Coleman’s PIE model  explains why this happens so often.  Your success depends

“Je n’aime pas parler de moi.” C’est une phrase que j’entends souvent avant les entretiens de fin d’année. Elle cache une peur légitime : celle d’être perçu comme prétentieux. Mais rendre son travail visible, ce n’est pas parler de soi.C’est aider les autres à comprendre ce que l’on apporte. Hier j’ai animé un workshop en entreprise devant 30 personnes et c’est toujours enthousiasmant de voir les participants passer du malaise à la fierté. Ils ont découvert qu’en partageant l

A senior project manager I worked with believed her results “spoke for themselves.” They didn’t. Key stakeholders rarely saw her...

Boasting or Owning? Last month, I coached a brilliant woman in her thirties aiming for her next promotion. She had embraced...