I think there is a cut off point where influence is entirely down to hierarchical position. Yeah there are some people who cross cut and have personal influenc

I think there is a cut off point where influence is entirely down to hierarchical position. Yeah there are some people who cross cut and have personal influence (every org has celebrities) but in the main a person who has 1000 people reporting to him has more influence than someone with 2 people. How they got to that position will have very little to do with the skills sets mentioned here. It's kid of like the French aristocracy before the guillotine was invented writing a book on how to rise through the ranks to become an influence at court. It's missing most of the important stuff PS - I am getting overly cynical but I do favour democracy in organisations