Rebels are sexy. Rebels are cool. Rebels are not always welcome in the workplace. In fact, if you're a rebel in the workplace, it's often a small step to becoming a martyr for the workplace, says Lois Kelly.
1. Be positive: People may listen to a nag, but no one will follow them.
2. Frame it: Don't just make a point. Build a narrative around it.
3. Stay out of drama: Life isn't a television show. The more straightforward your cause, the less you dramatize it, the better off your message will be.
4. Judge ideas, not people: Someone you dislike may well have good points to be made; listen to them.
5. When angry, stop and wonder why: Are you angry for the right reasons? Are you personalizing what's made you angry?
6. Strive for influence, not power: In the end, influencers carry the greater power.
7. Start the flame, tap into the collective brilliance of others to fan the flame: The whole object of being a rebel is to draw others to your cause; when you do, don't be greedy.
8. Share the glory: See above.
9. Communicate in ways that create clarity from complexity: Keep your points simpleand easy to understand. Once the basic points are grasped, you can go deeper.
10. Address the cost/value tradeoff: There's no free lunch. Even if your idea is genius, there will be repercussions. Don't flinch from them; people will appreciate the honesty.
11. Let ideas breathe: A good idea can be made better by room to roam.
12. Pick the right boss or executive sponsor: A powerful ally is a wonderful thing. Conversely, a manipulative or weak ally can sink you.
13. Ask good questions; become a good listener: Hearing people out builds alliances and may evolve a good idea to a better one.
14. Learn how to facilitate messy collaboration: Working together ain't easy, but great things can come from it.
15. Address the fears: Change scares people. Reassure them.
16. Show how success can be measured: This puts your money where your mouth is, and can provide indisputable proof that you should be heard.
17. Learn how to have constructive conversations: Get to the point. Take criticism in good faith.
18. Be thoughtful in all you do: Rebels need to watch their words and actions, because there'll always be someone looking to trip them up for the status quo.
19. Know when to walk away: You'll live to fight another day.
20. Believe you are enough: No one's perfect, but you can be your own hero.
source:
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2014/04/02/workplace-rebel-survival-skills/
2. Frame it: Don't just make a point. Build a narrative around it.
3. Stay out of drama: Life isn't a television show. The more straightforward your cause, the less you dramatize it, the better off your message will be.
4. Judge ideas, not people: Someone you dislike may well have good points to be made; listen to them.
5. When angry, stop and wonder why: Are you angry for the right reasons? Are you personalizing what's made you angry?
6. Strive for influence, not power: In the end, influencers carry the greater power.
7. Start the flame, tap into the collective brilliance of others to fan the flame: The whole object of being a rebel is to draw others to your cause; when you do, don't be greedy.
8. Share the glory: See above.
9. Communicate in ways that create clarity from complexity: Keep your points simpleand easy to understand. Once the basic points are grasped, you can go deeper.
10. Address the cost/value tradeoff: There's no free lunch. Even if your idea is genius, there will be repercussions. Don't flinch from them; people will appreciate the honesty.
11. Let ideas breathe: A good idea can be made better by room to roam.
12. Pick the right boss or executive sponsor: A powerful ally is a wonderful thing. Conversely, a manipulative or weak ally can sink you.
13. Ask good questions; become a good listener: Hearing people out builds alliances and may evolve a good idea to a better one.
14. Learn how to facilitate messy collaboration: Working together ain't easy, but great things can come from it.
15. Address the fears: Change scares people. Reassure them.
16. Show how success can be measured: This puts your money where your mouth is, and can provide indisputable proof that you should be heard.
17. Learn how to have constructive conversations: Get to the point. Take criticism in good faith.
18. Be thoughtful in all you do: Rebels need to watch their words and actions, because there'll always be someone looking to trip them up for the status quo.
19. Know when to walk away: You'll live to fight another day.
20. Believe you are enough: No one's perfect, but you can be your own hero.
source:
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2014/04/02/workplace-rebel-survival-skills/
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