Summary: Having a tough time turning innovative ideas and exciting campaigns into a reality? This session will arm you with tactics for overcoming the inevitable obstacles that prevent good ideas from becoming good work.
Action Item 1: How to sell your big ideas to your boss.
Action Item 2: Tips for understanding & overcoming corporate politics.
Action Item 3: Advice for navigating territory lines.
17. Education
and
context!
Time invested in understanding how the situation you are facing came to be is time well
spent. Walls generally exist in an effort to protect and preserve. Understanding how
they are built will help you figure out how to scale the obstacle they represent.
@BRITTANBRIGHT
18. Education
and
context
Time invested in fully understanding what you are actually asking for and how it
affects others within your organization is time well spent. Walls represent structure
and before you change a structure, you must understand it..
@BRITTANBRIGHT
19. COMMUNICATION:
MISCOMMUNICATION IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
AND THE PRIMARY REASON WE FAIL.
Effectively communicating when there are so many styles and methods of communication in today’s world
can be immensely challenging. Breakdowns in communication can come in many forms. The most successful
people are versatile and deliberate in their ability to communicate.
@brittanbright
20. LEADERSHIP:
SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION
STARTS AT THE TOP
Leadership plays a key role in setting the tone for collaboration across an organization or project. The
culture of a team is often defined, intentionally or not, by its leaders. Those of us in leadership roles have a
responsibility to actively promote problem-solving and teamwork in a collaborative environment.
@BRITTANBRIGHT
21. charm
and
charisma
If you do not possess these traits, find them in what you are working on and make them
shine.
iacquire.com
@brittanbright
@iPullRank
22. negotiation
and
salesmanship
Sales skills are tremendously useful in almost every situation in life. Invest time in
mastering the art of knowing what you can ask for and what you must relinquish. You
must be able to sell your ideas and yourself.
iacquire.com
@brittanbright
@iPullRank
@BRITTANBRIGHT
23. HOW TO SELL
YOUR BIG IDEAS
TO YOUR BOSS
Tired of hearing no?
@brittanbright
24. Dealing with red
tape is part of
getting anything
innovative, or
inventive,
accomplished.
iacquire.com
@iPullRank
@BRITTANBRIGHT
26. You must believe in
your ideas, you
must believe in
yourself.
Know what
something is
worth to you
before you ask.
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27. Ask the right
person, at the
right time, the
right way.
Would you be
excited about
your idea if it
weren’t yours?
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28. What problem is
your idea solving?
Why is it the best
solution?
How much
would it cost
not to do?
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29. Do your homework.
include necessary
departments in your Take the time
to educate and
pitch.
excite others
on your project
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30. Don’t ignore the
rules, even if you
need to break
them.
Ask for
guidelines &
tips
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31. IN SUMMARY:
A PEP TALK
Having energy to get through the rough parts of doing real work is
incredibly essential. When you, or your team start to get discouraged,
frustrated or down, try to remember.. .
@brittanbright