Better Insights, Better Results
You can only influence others when you see them as they are, not as you wish they were. In Coping with Difficult Bosses, Robert Brahmson explains that “understanding from the inside” helps you more effectively cope with difficult bosses. Key Take Aways Here’s my key take aways: Make sense of behavior. It’s easy to simply …
What are the right conversations to have with your boss to set expectations and start off on the right foot? In The First 90 Days, Michael Watkins shares the five conversations to have with your boss.
Are you and your good ideas going to survive the inevitable counter-coalitions? If you can learn how to deal with counter-coalitions you will improve your influence and improve your personal effectiveness at work.
“The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.” — Ken Blanchard Good ideas are abundant. The problem is putting ideas in place. And to put ideas in place, like or not, it takes political competence. Master Political Competence to Win Allies, Head Off Resistance, and Get Results To be effective at putting your ideas in …
In Coping with Difficult Bosses, Robert Bramson writes about the most common circumstances where normal people can look, feel, and sound like a difficult boss: crossed expectations, behavior blindness, and interactional accidents. Crossed Expectations Crossed expectations happen when an employee and manager expect different things, particularlly around how authority and responsibility are divided up, especially …
