My valued client Gary C. Laney is experiencing tremendous success with his breakout book, The Power of Strategic Influence: 10 Success Factors of Highly Influential Leaders. With a foreword by Kevin Harrington, who rocketed to fame through his role as an original Shark on the TV show Shark Tank, Gary’s book presents a powerful, step-by-step formula for developing and excercising personal influence in business and the community.

A Book with a Powerful Message

When you think about it, having personal influence over others is the true key to success. Imagine two inventors. Each has an innovative new invention that could change the lives of millions of people.

John Inventor is a shy, retiring type of person with a limited circle of friends and colleagues, and doesn’t understand the dynamics of personal influence. He’s passive, and just thinks that “things will take their course.” When he’s ready with his invention, he doesn’t have a clue as to how to leverage its possibilities.

Mary Inventor is an outgoing, confident person who, through her involvement in her community and industry, has built a wide circle of friends, colleagues, and strategic partners. When she’s ready to promote her invention and seek investors and distributors, she hits the ground running.

Who will be more successful? Mary, of course!

One of the key points that Gary makes in his book – his guided tutorial, really – is that you build your strategic influence by helping other people solve their problems. It’s not a self-centered way of life, where you strut about, telling people what to do; to the contrary, it’s all about giving to others and forming lasting bonds of trust.

Interviews with Leading Influencers

But you don’t have to just take Gary’s word for it! Included are his exclusive interviews with 12 game-changing CEOs and entrepreneurs who have, over time, built their own circles of influence. Like the avatar of The Power of Strategic Influence, who arrives in a strange city with no connections and no prior knowledge of the people who live there, these dozen leaders started out with nothing and, through steady networking and the forming of strategic partnerships, achieved enviable success. They blazed a trail that you can follow!