Your idea got shot down. Give up, play safe, or push forward?
Courage and boldness create your future.
Cowardice solidifies your past.
Leaders don’t give up quickly.
Boldly advocate.
Courageously stand up.
Tenaciously push forward.
How to stand up for your ideas:
Courage and boldness don’t have to be rude, irritating, and adversarial.
Jerks aren’t courageous they’re fearful.
- Build alliances. Boldly support the ideas of others as much as you support your own. Stand with others if you expect them to stand with you.
- Forget defending. Adversarial relationships emerge during defensive conversations. You defend and they shoot down. It’s lose – lose.
- Explore. Defending pushes away; exploring invites in. “I’d like to explore an alternative outreach program. What if …”
- Choose private first. Don’t put people on the spot in front of colleagues. Introduce and explore ideas in one-on-one conversations.
- Align with current circumstances and organizational values. When values collide…
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