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You're listening to How Work Really Works with Steve.
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Practical advice to help you communicate better, lead with confidence, and advance your career.
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Hi, I'm Steve, and welcome to How Work Really Works.
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Work is a strange place.
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You can do an excellent job and still get overlooked.
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You can have the best idea in the room and watch somebody else get credit for it.
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You can be completely right and still lose the argument.
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And you can spend an hour in a meeting only to discover that the purpose of the meeting was to arrange another meeting.
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Apparently, this is progress.
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The truth is, building a successful career takes more than being good at your job.
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You need to know how to communicate your ideas, build credibility, influence decisions, handle difficult conversations, lead different personalities, and make your contribution visible without becoming the person who talks endlessly about their contribution.
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That is what this podcast is about.
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I've spent much of my career leading teams, advising senior executives, working with boards, delivering complex change, and helping people navigate the parts of work that rarely appear in a job description.
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I've been involved in hiring decisions, promotion discussions, difficult performance conversations, organizational changes, major programs and more executive meetings than any sensible person should willingly attend.
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I've also made mistakes.
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Some were small.
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Some became what organizations like to call valuable learning experiences, usually after everybody had stopped panicking.
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Along the way, I've learned that the way organizations really operate can be quite different from the way we describe them in policies, presentations, and leadership courses.
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That does not mean you need to become sinny.
00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:06.240
You're listening to How Work Really Works with Steve.
00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:12.160
Practical advice to help you communicate better, lead with confidence, and advance your career.
00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:16.480
Hi, I'm Steve, and welcome to How Work Really Works.
00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:18.079
Work is a strange place.
00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:20.719
You can do an excellent job and still get overlooked.
00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:25.039
You can have the best idea in the room and watch somebody else get credit for it.
00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.160
You can be completely right and still lose the argument.
00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:34.960
And you can spend an hour in a meeting only to discover that the purpose of the meeting was to arrange another meeting.
00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:36.799
Apparently, this is progress.
00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:41.439
The truth is, building a successful career takes more than being good at your job.
00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:58.240
You need to know how to communicate your ideas, build credibility, influence decisions, handle difficult conversations, lead different personalities, and make your contribution visible without becoming the person who talks endlessly about their contribution.
00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:00.320
That is what this podcast is about.
00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:13.439
I've spent much of my career leading teams, advising senior executives, working with boards, delivering complex change, and helping people navigate the parts of work that rarely appear in a job description.
00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:27.920
I've been involved in hiring decisions, promotion discussions, difficult performance conversations, organizational changes, major programs and more executive meetings than any sensible person should willingly attend.
00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:29.599
I've also made mistakes.
00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:30.799
Some were small.
00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:37.519
Some became what organizations like to call valuable learning experiences, usually after everybody had stopped panicking.
00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:48.079
Along the way, I've learned that the way organizations really operate can be quite different from the way we describe them in policies, presentations, and leadership courses.
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That does not mean you need to become sinny.
