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Why am I left out of critical conversations?

6/27/2022

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The Scenario:

Cary is a program manager at a large consumer products company.
Cary has been tasked by his management to drive cost and schedule completion for a critical initiative.
The critical initiative leadership team includes representatives from product management and software engineering.
Cary regularly meets with his product management and engineering peer managers to understand cost and schedule status, identify any scope issues, and document barriers to successful initiative completion.
Despite the regular meetings, Cary feels he is left out of critical conversations between his product management and engineering peers, only being informed after the fact versus being invited up front to provide input to the conversation.
Cary has repeatedly asked his peers to include him in important conversations, yet he continues to be left out.
Cary is frustrated and can’t understand why he’s left out.

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Free 6/29-30: If You Build It They Will Succeed

6/26/2022

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12 Tips to Build Sustainable Credibility

6/20/2022

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The Scenario:

Bert was an external hire with an impressive resume showing how he managed a team of individual contributors.
Wanting to make a good impression, in his first few team meetings, Bert tried hard to befriend the team, using humor and self-deprecating comments to appeal to them. Things started off great.
After a month on the job, the team started seeing inconsistencies with what Bert had on his LinkedIn profile and how he verbally described his experience.
The team started asking him questions about how he handled situations in his last job, but many of Bert’s answers were evasive and vague.
Bert missed a crucial deadline from his boss Eva. He never notified her that he would miss the deadline and she had to press him for the status.
Bert’s interaction with his team became less frequent and more evasive.
Eva grew increasingly concerned with Bert’s lack of credibility and started having skip level discussions with Bert’s team.
After three months of giving Bert an opportunity to establish credibility, Eva acknowledged that she made a mistake in hiring Bert. He was moved to an individual contributor role to give him a chance to turn things around.
Bert was eventually terminated, having never gotten over the credibility hump.
Five years later, one of Bert’s former team members was a manager at a new company. Bert’s resume came across her desk. “No way,” she thought as she moved on to the next resume.

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Free 6/22-23: Humor-Credibility=Doofus

6/19/2022

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Free 6/22-23: Humor-Credibility=Doofus

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360 Calendar Management

6/13/2022

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The Scenario:

Anita promotes Ed to a leader of leaders position from a position leading a small team of individual contributors.
Ed is excited about the increase in responsibility and is determined to show Anita he can handle the job.
Ed’s calendar gets bombarded with meetings and his to-do list grows.
Ed’s leadership team grows dismayed with Ed’s lack of responsiveness, urgent 3 a.m. email requests, and canceled one-on-ones.
Ed’s daughter is disappointed with dad missing yet another Saturday soccer game.
Ed misses a critical deliverable for Anita, forcing her to have an uncomfortable discussion with her boss. Anita takes the blame, not wanting to throw Ed under the bus.
Anita’s offers to coach Ed go unheeded because Ed is too busy to be coached.
Anita makes the difficult decision to tell Ed he will be demoted back to his old job.
Ed decides to leave the company for another job, rather than get demoted.
Nine months later at his new company, Ed gets promoted and repeats steps two through nine. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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Free 6/15-16: I Suck At This!

6/12/2022

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Your Swiss Army Knife Skills

6/6/2022

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The Scenario:

Samir had a reputation for being the best in his field.
Samir could solve any customer’s problem with adeptness and speed at a fair price.
Samir enjoyed his reputation and relished solving his customers’ problems.
Over time, fewer and fewer customers visited Samir.
Samir was dismayed, “I know this product better than anyone, yet my business is declining!”
Samir tried everything--more advertising, special price promotions, but nothing seemed to work.
With bills mounting, Samir decided he had to close up shop.
On March 1, Samir’s Typewriter Repair shut its doors for good. He had to take a job he hated just to pay the bills.

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Free 6/8-9: Six-Word Lessons on Growing Up Autistic (Spanish Translation)

6/5/2022

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Your North Star – Creating a Practical and Sustainable Purpose Statement

5/30/2022

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The Scenario:

Jake is sitting alone in his luxury penthouse overlooking Central Park.
Jake looks down at his scribbled notes from his doctor visit. Cancer stage 4… too late for chemo… weeks to months left.
Jake’s wife left 20 years ago after his affair. She’s since remarried and cut off all contact with him.
Jake tries to call his kids, but neither picks up. They won’t talk to him and haven’t since the divorce.
After Jake retired from his job as CEO, the coworkers he thought were his friends stopped calling.
Jake takes out a pen and paper and writes “My Legacy” at the top.
Jake stares at the blank page, pen ready to write, mind unable to come up with anything.

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Free 6/1-2: Growing Up Autistic-50 Things You Should Know About Me

5/29/2022

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Why am I left out of critical conversations?

Free 6/29-30: If You Build It They Will Succeed

12 Tips to Build Sustainable Credibility

Free 6/22-23: Humor-Credibility=Doofus

360 Calendar Management

Free 6/15-16: I Suck At This!

Your Swiss Army Knife Skills

Free 6/8-9: Six-Word Lessons on Growing Up Autistic (Spanish Translation)

Your North Star – Creating a Practical and Sustainable Purpose Statement

Free 6/1-2: Growing Up Autistic-50 Things You Should Know About Me

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