Analyze your effectiveness as a compliance gainer both in an interpersonal and in an organizational setting. Describe a recent situation in which you were the persuader in an interpersonal encounter and as an organizational leader or follower.

Which strategy or combination of strategies did you use in each situation?

Did they differ? Why did you choose those tactics? How successful were your efforts? Were you more effective in one context than the other? What would you do differently next time? As an alternative, analyze your efforts to express upward dissent.