Comments on: You Cannot Convince Everyone

By: kate

kate — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:52:24 +0000

I am agree with your great thoughts. I think a leader makes decisions. Go with your gut. Do it.
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By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:47:38 +0000

Really good post on communications. This year I started measuring myself on ROC (return on communications) because I realized that in the past I wasn’t spending enough time understanding my audience and their needs before distributing my messages. In effect, the audience has to be more important than the sender.

By: Jonathan Frye

Jonathan Frye — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:12:11 +0000

That’s a great point, Andrew. It is better to get a definitive “against” rather than indecision. To take it even further, it is often good for the organization to have disagreement; as William Wrigley put it, “In business, when two people always agree, one of them is irrelevant.” Of course, many leaders try to achieve an environment without conflict, but that fails to truly benefit the organization. A better objective is to determine processes for working through conflict and disagreement in way that sharpens the capability of the organization.

Setting the target of “full understand” for an initiative allows the organization to move forward. Waiting for only initiatives that have complete “buy in” causes the organization to slow down, stall, and fall behind – in worst case scenarios, become irrelevant.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:07:24 +0000

“No” is not the most painful word

Sure, when they say “No”, it hurts. But it also ?releases you, lets you go on your way.
The most painful word is actually a sentence:
“OK. Sounds good. Let me think about it.”
THAT one is like a recurring toothache. It can tie ?you up for days or weeks or months or … years?
A leader makes decisions. Go with your gut. Do it. ?Right or wrong, it really does not matter. You ?can always change it later. The longer you think ?it over, the more time & mental energy you waste.