Me and We

For many of us, important conversations can be a challenge because it feels like we need to do a lot in a short amount of time: We need to hear what the other person is saying, we need to interpret it, we need to come up with a response, and we need to tailor our response to be a good fit for the person we’re talking to. In today’s post, Pete offers a shortcut that can help you get to a useful place more quickly, without necessarily going through all those steps.

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I think a lot of us feel challenged with one-on-one conversations and with leadership conversations because to be really good in those conversations you need to think on your feet figure out what you need to say and be really quick about it and I think all of that is fairly true and I think we make our lives a little bit Harder by going into these conversations without thinking them through in advance enough not being clear on what’s our own personal agenda what do we want out of this and not being clear on what the goal is for we us the person that we are and the person that we’re talking to what’s the goal for the collective we if this conversation goes as well as it possibly could what better situation are we all in as a leader as a manager as a team member I think it benefits all of us to go into these conversations with these things in mind beforehand before the conversation happens so the next time you had into a meeting that you feel is important enough to prep for prep in those two ways ask about your own agenda and the definition of success for you and the person that you’re meeting with and see if it doesn’t help you think in the moment faster and more effectively

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