April 16, 2009PowerPhrase of the Week ~ The way I work best is…
In the CD that comes with my SpeakStrong book, I talk about how important it is to have conversations about work styles. When I negotiate with someone about working with or for me, I tell them up front how I like to communicate. This week, a consultant I’ve been communicating with initiated that dialogue from her side. Here are a few things Phyllis said,
- I work best when I work with someone – as opposed to ‘for’ someone – where we work together. Where everyone get to express how they feel about things – really open – because really both people are creating something new – birthing it – so to speak. it’s all about cooperation instead of competition.
Open communication is essential for me, I address that before I agree to work with someone. It was heaven to have a consultant initiate that conversation before I did.
Of course, this will be an ongoing process and if we decide to work together, we both will be initating new conversations as we move along.
We all enter work commitments with different expectations. It’s so much nicer to agree to what they will be than to guess, collide and wonder why
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