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No
matter what level you are in the company you can spend time with senior members
of staff and they won’t even realize if you handle it right. Draw attention to yourself and you will be
spotted as an interloper. A spy, an intruder, a gatecrasher. Remember as a small child you could attend
grown-up parties if you stayed quiet.
They forgot you were there. Once
spotted you got carried off to bed – where you belonged. It’s the same as a junior. You can hang around and learn, but don’t blow
it or you’ll be sent back to bed metaphorically.
matter what level you are in the company you can spend time with senior members
of staff and they won’t even realize if you handle it right. Draw attention to yourself and you will be
spotted as an interloper. A spy, an intruder, a gatecrasher. Remember as a small child you could attend
grown-up parties if you stayed quiet.
They forgot you were there. Once
spotted you got carried off to bed – where you belonged. It’s the same as a junior. You can hang around and learn, but don’t blow
it or you’ll be sent back to bed metaphorically.
When
I was an office junior I noticed that senior members of staff tended to hang
back after meetings sort of chewing the fat amongst themselves. The juniors scuttled off leaving these
bigwigs to chat. I found that if I hung around also, sort of tidying up the
table, emptying ashtrays (those were the days) and keeping quiet, then I got to
overhear a lot and was even consulted on the odd occasion – ‘Ah, Richard, you’re part of the new
invoicing procedures, what do you think of them?’ This was my chance to shine. I blew it of course and stammered and blushed
and was tongue tied and useless. Next
time I got it better and eventually got it right.
I was an office junior I noticed that senior members of staff tended to hang
back after meetings sort of chewing the fat amongst themselves. The juniors scuttled off leaving these
bigwigs to chat. I found that if I hung around also, sort of tidying up the
table, emptying ashtrays (those were the days) and keeping quiet, then I got to
overhear a lot and was even consulted on the odd occasion – ‘Ah, Richard, you’re part of the new
invoicing procedures, what do you think of them?’ This was my chance to shine. I blew it of course and stammered and blushed
and was tongue tied and useless. Next
time I got it better and eventually got it right.
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There
came a time when I was asked something and I was coherent, confident and
mature. Strange that I was also whisked
up the promotion ladder quite rapidly very soon after. This was when I was working for a very old
fashioned British company and their
promotion route was very fixed, you had to follow a very set procedure. I was allowed to bypass this system and I put
it all down to hanging around the top guns.
came a time when I was asked something and I was coherent, confident and
mature. Strange that I was also whisked
up the promotion ladder quite rapidly very soon after. This was when I was working for a very old
fashioned British company and their
promotion route was very fixed, you had to follow a very set procedure. I was allowed to bypass this system and I put
it all down to hanging around the top guns.
“Go up
and make small talk. You’ll be amazed
how often bosses are grateful for a ‘worker’ talking to them because they too
are human and feel isolated, lonely, ignored, and forgotten”
Sometimes
you will notice a boss sitting on their own at a lunch or social occasion. Most ‘workers’
are too nervous to go up to them and chat or so entrenched in their social
class thing that they can’t talk to them.
Bugger that. Go up and make small
talk. You’ll be amazed how often bosses
are grateful for a ‘worker’ talking
to them because they too are human and feel isolated, lonely, ignored, and
forgotten. They are glad of a chat, just so long as you don’t take advantage
and ask about a pay rise or time off or your holidays. But it is OK to ask about their experiences – ‘So how did you get into marketing, Ms
Johnson?’
you will notice a boss sitting on their own at a lunch or social occasion. Most ‘workers’
are too nervous to go up to them and chat or so entrenched in their social
class thing that they can’t talk to them.
Bugger that. Go up and make small
talk. You’ll be amazed how often bosses
are grateful for a ‘worker’ talking
to them because they too are human and feel isolated, lonely, ignored, and
forgotten. They are glad of a chat, just so long as you don’t take advantage
and ask about a pay rise or time off or your holidays. But it is OK to ask about their experiences – ‘So how did you get into marketing, Ms
Johnson?’
You
may well find you pick up useful hints and tips as well as getting ready for
the next rule – Getting people to assume you have already made the step.
may well find you pick up useful hints and tips as well as getting ready for
the next rule – Getting people to assume you have already made the step.
(Excerpts from THE
RULES OF WORK by Richard Templer Read “How to make people accept you ‘next level’” from The Rules tomorrow on Asabeafrika)
RULES OF WORK by Richard Templer Read “How to make people accept you ‘next level’” from The Rules tomorrow on Asabeafrika)
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