Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When it comes to persuasion, likeability is key. Consider the last time someone persuaded you to do something. Odds are you appreciated ...

Persuasion is one of the first skills that I didn’t realize I was honing as I entered the workforce after college. I can trace it back to one of my first jobs in the sales department of Neiman Marcus.

So here’s my question: If you and upper management disagree about what it means to do work “right,” who’s right? One way of looking at this is that upper management, and in particular the project’s ...

Whether it's asking a neighbor for a favor or re-directing a colleague on a team project, being persuasive in your professional or personal life is a helpful skill. People with high emotional ...

Our boss Ron could talk us into just about anything. He could convince us to stay two hours over, even when there was only 10 minutes left in our shift and we were already mentally clocked out. He ...

What if there was a secret password that could teach you how to get your way, and all you had to do was use it? Well, such a thing would be pretty magical (and probably illegal in at least a handful ...