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0 pointslazide4y ago0 comments

Everything is contextual, and I think you may be missing a bit EQ bit?

You can drive a meeting while still deferring to experts by driving the meeting, and then bringing them in for their expertise when you know it is in their area - which you know when that is and who they are, because you would be an expert in knowing that.

You seem to be sitting back in the meeting and waiting for something to add, which… yeah doesn’t add much? That’s inherently passive.

And if they ask you to be candid, and then recoil when you are, that is potentially because you’re not wrapping up what you’re saying in a way they can process/handle - it could be overly abrasive, or verbose, or whatever.

The reason you may not be getting any actionable advice is they are giving you why they see as actionable advice. But you’re missing a connection here because you’re missing the EQ piece?

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giantg24y ago· 2 in thread

So everything is on me? I need to be the one wrapping my opinions in a way they can understand (which I do), and any (theortical) misunderstanding of their advice is also on me. Sounds like a bum deal. I don't think this is happening. Why else would they be saying that I'm well spoken and even diplomatic if these were the issues. They mostly don't like me to be candid when my opinion runs counter to theirs and I have points they don't want to counter.

Yes, I can and do facilitate meetings. That's not a problem. They just want me to be loud and talkative in meetings that could have been emails, or at least with a much smaller group.

lazideOP4y ago

Then maybe find somewhere that does work for you?

If you always feel you’re crazy, then it doesn’t fit.

giantg24y ago

I don't feel I'm crazy. It's the job of management to manipulate people and look out for themselves. It will be the same or even worse at other places.

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