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How To Get Your Boss To Approve Your Idea …or at least know why they didn’t John O’Keefe www.theokeefes.com
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Understanding message "static" between you (sender) and the boss (receiver). A quick look at influence via Myers-Briggs.
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How To Get Your Boss ToApprove Your Idea
…or at least know why they didn’t
John O’Keefewww.theokeefes.com
About John O’Keefe
• Old fart• 30+ years technology manager• Consulting (theokeefes.com)• KVS, Softbank/ClientLogic, BCBS, ToolSource.com,
HeavenSpa.com, RSA, LiquidMatrix/Datatel, Independent Health
• Enterprise Architecture, Business/IT Alignment, Product/program management
• Founder of Leadership In Action (leadershipinaction.org)• linkedIn.com/in/johngokeefe
Static
Sender (you)
Receiver (boss)
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Communication
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Personality Typing
• Myers-Briggs• DISC• Big-5• Predictive Index (PI)• Personalysis• Clifton Strengths Finder• Thomas-Kilman Conflict Mode
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MBTI Dichotomies
Extraversion Introversion
Sensing iNtuition
Thinking Feeling
Judging Perceiving
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Energy
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Perception
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Decisions
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Order
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Ideas to Pursue at Work
• Ask about personality typing from HR• Take free Myers-Briggs online; ask boss also• Discuss results• Acknowledge differences• Mold your message to the receiver
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They’ll Be Eating Out of Your Hands
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