{"id":9051,"date":"2010-11-02t11:46:52","date_gmt":"2010-11-02t15:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=9051"},"modified":"2016-04-19t11:15:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19t15:15:50","slug":"ask-for-it-how-to-take-control-of-your-career-in-tumultuous-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2010\/11\/02\/ask-for-it-how-to-take-control-of-your-career-in-tumultuous-times\/","title":{"rendered":"how to take control of your career in tumultuous times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ask for it.
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by suzanne lowe<\/em><\/strong>
\n expertise marketing llc<\/a><\/p>\n

at your next performance review, tell your boss you want to stretch yourself and the firm to improve in marketing and selling effectiveness.<\/p>\n

1. diagnose your firm\u2019s barriers<\/strong> to marketing and selling effectiveness. this means you operate from facts. a good idea is like charm . . .\u00a0 too easily brushed aside.<\/p>\n

2. decide on a barrier<\/strong> you want to remove or a situation you want to improve. (hint: it has to help the whole firm, not just you.)<\/p>\n

3. ask your boss to let you<\/strong> lead a new project to remove this barrier, but to first set up and then communicate about<\/p>\n

a. an agreed-upon set of shared objectives among you and your potential collaborators,<\/p>\n

b. an agreed-upon set of shared accountabilities among all, and<\/p>\n

c. an agreed-upon set of shared rewards for all.<\/p>\n

4. let people opt out<\/strong> of sharing accountability.<\/p>\n

a. the boss outlines the new project with the team, including all shared accountabilities and shared rewards.<\/p>\n

b. anyone who wants to opt out can do so (with the implication that they should step up later toward sharing their own accountability with someone else for another improvement initiative).<\/p>\n

suzanne lowe is president of expertise marketing llc and the author of marketplace masters<\/em><\/a> <\/em> (praeger, 2004) and the integration imperative<\/em><\/a> <\/em>(professional services books, 2009).<\/p>\n