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Think about purpose and benefit. A cynical view, perhaps, but the way to a good relationship is to make it part of the transaction. What are this person's pri
by curiousllama 6y ago
Think about purpose and benefit. A cynical view, perhaps, but the way to a good relationship is to make it part of the transaction.
What are this person's priorities (outcomes they need to make happen) for the year? How can you help make that happen?
Come to the conversation with "you're doing X; how can I help make that happen?" - and when you explain why you want to help, make it personal ("I want to get to Y, and this will help me get there"). You help with X, and they'll hep with Y.
- silicon2401 6y agoI'm more than happy to take cynical views, I find they're often what I would consider just realistic. That's a great breakdown and it makes total sense. I've found people respond well when you already know stuff about them. Do you think it would be even better to come in with something like this? "I know you want to achieve X this year, and I have an idea Y or a personal goal Z to help us get there. What do you think?" Or do you think that would be getting too ahead of things?