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- Boss Having Trouble Hearing You?
Ask These Crucial Questions About Yourself. You might use what I call the clarifying triad: Being a Trusted Strategic Advisor is a fascinating journey, one from which, ultimately, you will benefit more than anyone else, as will those who use what you advise. LINKS: The Five Why’s Test info So What? Test info The Three … Continue reading “Boss Having Trouble Hearing You?” - The Counselors’ Commitment
Those who successfully serve others have a work attitude that says, Read these five commitments carefully. If becoming a Trusted Strategic Advisor is truly important to you, then you must be willing to commit to each and every one of them. This is because the CEO has already made them get to where he or … Continue reading “The Counselors’ Commitment” - Useful Advice Has Five Vital Qualities:
There are many distractions in consulting, and many clients with great difficulties, problems, shortcomings, and blind spots. The consultant’s obligation is to identify and provide candid, constructive advice that finds those deficiencies, strengthens the shortcomings, and fills blind spots, while stabilizing or moving the organization toward tomorrow. *©2006-2025, James E. Lukaszewski, “Why Should the Boss … Continue reading “Useful Advice Has Five Vital Qualities:” - The Five Imperatives of the Trusted Strategic Advisor
Becoming a Trusted Strategic Advisor imposes five crucial imperatives: Jettison Staff-Based Assumptions One of the most profound underlying concepts of success as a Trusted Strategic Advisor is the imperative to set aside all your staff-based assumptions and orient your life, your thinking, and your recommendations to the perspectives, viewpoints, and issues of those you advise. … Continue reading “The Five Imperatives of the Trusted Strategic Advisor” - Seeking Forgiveness
Eight Steps to Rebuilding and Rehabilitating Trust Seeking Forgiveness is society’s requirement for relationship, trust, and credibility restoration. Adverse situations using this template remediate faster, cost a lot less, are controversial for much shorter periods of time, suffer less litigation, and help the victims come to closure more quickly. Obtaining forgiveness involves completing the nine … Continue reading “Seeking Forgiveness” - The More Of These Attributes You Have The Larger Your Influence.
*©2006-2025, James E. Lukaszewski, “Why Should the Boss Listen to You, The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor, page XV,” Josey Bass. Contact the copyright holder at jel@e911.com for information and reproduction permissions. Editing or excerpting forbidden.
