# How to Be A More Influential Leader with Best-Selling Author Carla Miller
The 360 Leadhership Podcast, Episode , 10 July 2024 by Lucy Gernon
The capacity to influence others is a key attribute of any leader to get their peers on board with their vision and advance their ideas.
However, effectively influencing sideways is a challenge that comes up time and time again with the women that I work with.
If you are listening to this podcast then I have no doubt you are an ambitious woman who is deeply desiring to influence sideways while also building great relationships with your boss and getting that recognition you deserve!
This episode is one that you don’t want to miss as I sit down with Carla Miller who is a leadership coach and best selling author of the book, Influence and Impact.
We’re talking all about her six-step method to influence peers, relationship building, playing the game, managing your boss and her top tip for walking into meetings feeling confident.
Make sure you stick around until the end where Carla shares some powerful questions to ask your new boss in your first one-to-one (even if you don’t have anew boss now, it will be very useful when you do or even to use as a refresh with your current manager) .
PLUS Carla also shares her NUMBER ONE top success habit that you don’t want to miss!
Tune in to discover:
- 6-step powerful tool for influencing peers that works every time
- Corporate politics: Do you really need to play the game?
- Tips for building a great relationship with your boss
- Little-known secret for walking into meetings with unwavering confidence
- Carla’s number 1 top success habit