Interabang Presents: Brad Englert Spheres of Influence
Thu Mar 21, 6:00 PM - Thu Mar 21, 7:00 PM

Brad Englert has written Spheres of Influence: How to Create and Nurture Authentic Business Relationships to help emerging leaders develop and perfect what he calls the "critical hard skill" of building effective and enduring business relationships.

There are two major parts to the book. The first part of the book focuses on the "internal sphere of influence," those people with whom readers can have the most direct impact: relationship with the boss, relationships with executive leaders, relationships with direct reports, and relationships with all staff. In the second part, Englert focuses on the "external sphere of influence," and explores relationships where readers have less direct impact. these include relationships with customers, relationships with peers and influencers, and finally, relationships with strategic vendor partners. The real-world stories in this book are relevant to a diverse range of industries, organizations, and backgrounds. In these pages, emerging and aspiring leaders will learn how to build authentic, mutually beneficial, trusting, and enduring relationships spanning years and even decades.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brad Englert is the founder of Brad Englert Advisory and an author, advisor, and technologist. Brad worked for Accenture for 22 years, including 10 years as a partner. He then served The University of Texas at Austin for eight years, including seven years as the Chief information officer (CIO). During Brad's career with Accenture, a global management consulting and technology services firm, he worked in a variety of information technology leadership and operational roles for large, complex institutions of higher education, state governments (Texas, California, Minnesota, Montana), and commercial organizations (Best Buy, Caterpillar, Whirlpool, Bell South, Deutsche Bank, and Wyeth). When Brad retired as a senior partner in 2006, he had a proven track record in information technology operations, large scale information systems implementations, and strategic planning. At The University of Texas at Austin from 2009 to 2017, Brad led the modernization of mission critical information systems serving 52,000 students, 4,000 faculty, and 21,000 staff. Prior to Accenture, Brad held managerial positions in payroll/human resources and labor relations at the Internal Revenue Service, and was a high school teacher in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. Brad is married to Corliss Hudson Englert. They have two sons, Eric and Nathan. Brad earned a masters of public affairs degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor of arts degree in social sciences with honors and distinction from Shimer College, which is now the Shimer Great Books School at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Scott Bennett is a pioneer of digital media, a former award-winning journalist, senior communications and marketing consultant, and entrepreneur. He worked as editor of Texas Business magazine and later as a globally-syndicated business and political columnist for the Dallas Morning News, interviewing government leaders such as Margaret Thatcher and business leaders such as former CitiBank CEO Walter Wriston.

Bennett later headed the Southwest office of Bozell and Jacobs before starting his own firm, ChangeAgent Communications in 2000, where he worked with a range of early stage companies in telecommunications, Internet services and financial services helping to establish their brand identity and go-to-market programs. Bennett currently serves as President and Editor of ChangeAgent Media, LLC, which owns and operates ThoughtLeader.net, a site for business executives and policy makers that features original thinking by authors, policy makers, and academics.

Thursday, March 21st, 6:00PM

"This book is a beacon of wisdom for anyone seeking to build meaningful connections and authentic business relationships in the professional world. With actionable insights and genuine, heartfelt advice, it offers a roadmap to not only cultivate trust and rapport, but also foster enduring partnerships that form the bedrock of successful careers." -- Steve Rohleder, Chairman of the Board, Cognizant

"'Go network!' they say. But how? In Spheres of Influence, Brad leaves no space for fluff and breaks down what you can do right now not just "network," but to transform strangers into allies and skeptics into believers. Useful no matter where you are in your career." -- Gorick Ng, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Unspoken Rules


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