by Lee Fried, on 17 Sep 2006 11:28 am
The Journey
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I took this quote to heart last week after a couple of days of frustration. I had just left a meeting with a group of leaders who had pushed back on an approach that we were recommendating for some changes to organizational policy. An external consultant that I work with made the following comment:
“Sometimes you have to start where people are and not where you would like them to be.” –Box
This was a good lesson, because if you push to hard you will cause people to shut down to your ideas.