Why a smaller ask can be easier refuse
Richard Branson was sharing a story about introducing TV screens to the back of airplane seats.
He went to his board and the banks but couldn’t get the $10 million loan he needed to retrofit his Virgin Atlantic planes.
So instead he called Boeing and asked “if I buy 15 new planes, could you include seat back video screens?”
“Of course!”, came Boeing’s reply.
Branson’s point was he couldn’t get a loan for $10 million, but he could for $2 billion....
The fastest way to make your priority someone else’s too
A perennial challenge in business is making your priority someone else’s priority too. You know the drill. You have a project that you are under pressure to complete, but it relies heavily on input from other people. Problem is, they have projects they are under pressure to complete and don’t want to divert time, energy or effort to your patch.
Here’s how to go about it.
- Minimise effort
- Maximise relevance
Minimising effort
Minimising effort means stripping back what you...
