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How are you giving your power away at work?

2/21/2018

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I used to give my power away all the time. As a new employee, I had a senior member of my team constantly take hours of my time every day for pointless "meetings," leaving me no time to actually do my job.

I was exhausted and frustrated, yet when I talked about my frustrations to my coach, I said "it's fine that my team member hijacks my time -- this is what she's used to. But I'll just tell her that it doesn't work *for me.*"

I said "it's fine" maybe 100 times. :P

My coach asked me, "when you say 'it's fine,' how are you giving away your power?"

He was right. Even though I was getting ready to confront my team member, I was still minimizing my power and shrinking away by excusing her actions.

My coach helped me become way sassier to my team member than I was planning to, and I successfully got her off my back with no repercussions for my job. Woooot.

Let me know if you want to hear what I ended up saying to her. Mwahaha.

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So I ask again, how are you giving away your power at work? And what are you going to do about it?

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Sarah Scott link
2/21/2018 10:15:50 am

I totally want to know what you said! A good no is never wasted.

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May link
7/26/2018 07:15:46 am

I said "These meetings are not going to work for me." When she replied that that doesn't make any sense and that she needs me at these meetings, I said "you sound upset about this. Let's talk when you're calmer." :P :P :P She left me alone after that.

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