Your success, for you, your team, project and department, ultimately comes down to the choices that you make, especialy when faced with a big challenge (a "disabler")
The Challenge ““You say that to get promoted onto the Board my CEO has to like and trust me, and I don’t like or trust them, what can I do?”
Chjoice A : Make a long and logical presentation to them about how personalities should not come into such decisions, and that it is far more important that your area is represented at Board level. Good luck with that one.
Choice B : Take ownership of your relationship with your CEO - start liking and trusting them, or find another job.
Make your choice, and put it into practice, always asking yourself that one key question - does this choice help me/us move forwards, or not...
This week - the psychology behind the way we are - five persuasive techniques and why they work:
The six words to get anyone to see your side to an argument -
"I'm sorry (name), you're completely right"
They are very likely to reply:
"No, I can see your point of view as well"
Why?
Because of reciprocity - we have an inbuilt mechanism that if someone does something for us, we must do something for them. Reciprocity is the reason your wife or girfriend keeps a mental list of everyone who has been to dinner, and not invited you back in return, and vice-versa.
Tomorrow - the scientific research behind the word b*****e