WEBVTT - Bring good news

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to bring good news to your boss.

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<v Speaker 1>Whenever you are updating your organization's leaders about progress, let

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<v Speaker 1>these people know at least one thing that is going right.

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<v Speaker 1>This habit is a great way to show that you

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<v Speaker 1>are doing good things without your needing to blatantly to

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<v Speaker 1>your own horn. Today's tip, like another this week, comes

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<v Speaker 1>from Daisy Dowling. She's the founder and CEO of work Parent,

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<v Speaker 1>a coaching and consulting firm focused on working parents and

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<v Speaker 1>their employers. She's also the author of the book work Parent,

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<v Speaker 1>The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the job, staying true

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<v Speaker 1>to yourself, and raising happy kids. On an episode of

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast Women at Work, Dowling offered listeners advice for

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<v Speaker 1>letting their bosses know about important work they are doing

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<v Speaker 1>without seeming to be bragging. Many of us have received

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<v Speaker 1>the career advice to talk more about our own accomplishments,

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<v Speaker 1>and perhaps we should, but this can often feel awkward

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<v Speaker 1>and not exactly how we wish to conduct ourselves, so

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<v Speaker 1>we need to come up with other ways to be

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<v Speaker 1>visible and create a good reputation. Dowling suggested that people

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<v Speaker 1>think about what a more senior person or another colleague

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<v Speaker 1>is really hungry to hear. She went on to say

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<v Speaker 1>that there are very few bosses who don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear about a project going well, or about a client

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<v Speaker 1>being happy, or about something having been done under budget

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<v Speaker 1>or before deadline. So why not make sure to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about these things as part of any larger status updates.

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<v Speaker 1>You can probably anticipate the times your boss is going

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<v Speaker 1>to ask you how are things going? Plan for these

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<v Speaker 1>moments by thinking through the main updates you will want

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<v Speaker 1>to share, and then think about what specific good news

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<v Speaker 1>you could tell your boss. So, for instance, when you

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<v Speaker 1>are reporting that your team has now met the first

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<v Speaker 1>three of five major objectives that a client asked for,

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<v Speaker 1>you could also note that our new team member Louisa

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<v Speaker 1>has been such a great addition, and our client actually

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<v Speaker 1>sent me a note about how thorough she was at

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<v Speaker 1>checking all the numbers. Or when you are mentioning that

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<v Speaker 1>you'll be pilot testing the new performance evaluation system next week,

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<v Speaker 1>you can note that John got the vendor to give

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<v Speaker 1>us an additional rebate, so the numbers are looking even better.

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<v Speaker 1>Your basic formula can be the main headline about the

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<v Speaker 1>project status plus the piece of good news that you

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<v Speaker 1>know your boss would like to hear. You won't overwhelm

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<v Speaker 1>anyone with details because your boss is probably busy, but

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<v Speaker 1>you will become known as the person who is bringing

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<v Speaker 1>good news. You are part of a winning team now.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, it is also important to communicate with your

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<v Speaker 1>boss when things are not going so well, so that

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<v Speaker 1>she knows what's going on and can weigh in with solutions.

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<v Speaker 1>But even if the status report includes setbacks, there may

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<v Speaker 1>still be an opportunity to share good news. Even if

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<v Speaker 1>you only met one of the objectives the client set

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<v Speaker 1>and so you are behind, you can still share that

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<v Speaker 1>note about Louisa's attention to detail, there is almost always

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<v Speaker 1>some good news and including that can cast you in

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<v Speaker 1>an optimistic light. So the next time you and your

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<v Speaker 1>team accomplish something important, put yourself in your boss's shoes

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<v Speaker 1>and identify what she would most like to hear. If

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<v Speaker 1>you can ease your us as worries and make her

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<v Speaker 1>feel like many things are going well, you will be

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<v Speaker 1>sharing your accomplishments without doing so directly. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening and here's to making

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