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Winning support: How to engage key decision-makers
From the course: Rapid Problem Solving and Fast Innovation
Winning support: How to engage key decision-makers
Opportunities do not float around like clouds in the sky. They're attached to people. So if you are looking for an opportunity, you are really looking for a person. And it's the same with whatever issues or problems you're grappling with right now. You might be bottlenecked, you might feel like you're waiting for endless sign-offs and permissions, but ultimately, there's someone, some person in your organization who can give you the yes. I remember a time when I was struggling to get sign-off for my manager at my professional services firm. I used to work for a new charity project. Now no matter how hard I made the case, it simply didn't fit in with my manager's priorities. They wanted me to focus on the day-to-day, but I really, really wanted to pursue this charity project. So what did I do? I found the partner responsible for charity work across the whole firm in Europe and made my what I believed to be compelling case to them. I got the yes, and suddenly, all the doors I'd found…
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