8. Your Positioning Statement…
Explain why you picked them
Explain your situation
Ask if they will sign on to help you
What type of relationship do you want?
Listen and adapt
Follow up
10. In Your Free Time…
The Empress Has No Clothes – By: Joyce Royce
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office – By: Lois
Frankel 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage
Their Careers
Pushback – By: Selena Rezvani
How Smart Women Ask--and Stand Up--for What They Want
The Confidence Code – By: Katty Kay, Claire Shipman
The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know
Lean In - By: Sheryl Sandberg
Women, Work and The Will To Lead
This came from a book Pushback – By: Selena Rezvani – When we think of pushback, we tend to think or resistance. But the book uses the word in a more positive way. To Slena she uses the word to describe a set of skills that allow us to take a stand, be firm or advocate on our own behalf, make a request, or persuade others to our point of view.
Sometimes society puts a higher value on management or supervisory roles within an organization but your goals do not always have to be about moving to the next level as far as title.
Keep in mind that stakeholders should not only be looked upon to help you career. They could also help you make a better sauce…
How do you determine your value proposition?
Think of a recent successful situation in which you were involved.
How did you contribute to the success?
What was your role?
How did you work with others?
What does this say about you?
What didn’t you like about the situation or project you were on?
What did you not execute so well?
*This may be the opportunity to reach out to someone to help you…. Which leads me to my next point….
What is a stakeholder? [ you can call it what you like – I like to call them my glam-squad ]
A stakeholder is anyone who has an involvement or interest in your life such that your futures may impact each other. It can also just be an expert who is willing to help you because they want to.
The key is to determine if you want someone who can be an advocate for your project or promotion, or someone on the outside who can act as a more general sounding board and big-picture guide?
I have called people who are highlighted in articles I have read in the newspaper or magazines. You can also use linked’in
so as you prepare to approach this person or group of people if you are aiming for a full on glam squad for assistance you should mind map [A mind map is a diagram used to visually outline information] to make sure you are capturing all of things we have been talking about.
How to ask people for their help and to share their expertise…
See hand out on this slide.
We are all faced with issues and delimas at work. You will see a few listed here – but others include fear, not being clear about what you want, struggling with what you want vs. what you need, pursuing something that is not for you [pursuing someone else’s goal/dream], holding on to past disappointments, Discounting people’s value to your “glam squad” – she’s too young, he’s too old, She is not popular in the organization, he is too quiet… what ever it is [everyone has something to offer]
So are you going to ask for what you want?
Are you going to be vocal and advocate on your own behalf?
Will you challenge long standing beliefs?
Will you take no for your final answer and just go back to your desk defeated?
Will you ask for what you want?
