Influencing Powerful People: Engage and Command the Attention of the Decision-Makers to Get What You Need to SucceedInfluence the Influencers in Your Life I've known Dirk Schlimm for years, and observed with admiration his ability to work effectively with powerful people while sustaining his own core values. His topic is important, and his experience has given him a deep practical wisdom. Jim Collins, author, Good to Great For every 'powerful person' who has influenced history, there are three or four people behind the scenes without whom history would never have