Wednesday 27th January 2010 / 06.30pm

Description

Steve Martin is an expert in the field of influence and persuasion and together with world leading social psychologist Professor Robert Cialdini and Dr Noah Goldstein, is co-author of the International bestselling book Yes! 50 Secrets from the Science of Persuasion – a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business Week Bestseller.

Ideas and insights from the book have been recognised by the Harvard Business Review as one of their „2009 Breakthrough Ideas for Business Today‟.

In 2008 Yes! was nominated for the Royal Society Book Prize – the world‟s most prestigious prize for science writing. Steve‟s popular monthly column „Persuasion‟ features in British Airway‟s in flight magazine Business Life and is read by almost ¾ million people every month. He also writes a regular monthly column for the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Yes! 50 Secrets from the Science of Persuasion has featured widely in the press as well as appearing on over 30 television and radio broadcasts. The book has recently featured on a series of films produced by NBC‟s Your Business in the USA.

Steve regularly presents on the subject of influence and persuasion at a number of business schools and consults for a wide variety of commercial and government organisations including GlaxoSmithKline, Shell, AstraZeneca, Nike, Nationwide, Sears, Microsoft, Sutter Health, Bausch & Lomb, the Home Office and the Prime Minister‟s Strategy Unit at 10 Downing Street.

Influence At Work provides keynote talks, training and consultancy services in the fields of human persuasion, influence and compliance, based on the highly regarded work of Professor Robert B Cialdini Ph.D. of Arizona State University, the world’s most quoted authority in these fields.

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO GROWTH MEMBERS ONLY UNTIL 16TH NOVEMBER 2009. AFTER THIS DATE IT WILL BE OPENED UP TO THE REST OF THE MEMBERSHIP.

Format

6:30pm – Meet in the vault for pre-dinner drinks
7.00pm – Chaired cross table discussion with Steve over 3 course meal with wine
9.15pm – Coffee and Supper Club feedback and updates 9.30pm – Retire to bar for optional drinks and networking

Please let us know of any dietary requirements in advance