Feedback I Reject
Jeanette Botha
I specialise in Career Advancement for Sales Professionals ? Land Your Next Level Sales Leadership Role with a 40K Pay Rise ? Ask me how.
“Your content is not for VPs of Sales”, someone told me last week. Because (and I quote) “you say the techniques you share are straight-forward and simple”.
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And then they laughed. In a mean way.
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It took me a second to respond. When I got hold of my voice, I asked “So, are you looking for complicated, tedious and difficult techniques?”
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And then I laughed. In a mean way.
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What in the actual [beep]?
Are you joking?
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Is straight-forward, simple and practical too basic when you’re on VP or Director level??
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Why would you run through mud when you can stroll around it?
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From me - as a coach, and an entrepreneur, and a person - you WILL NOT get:
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? Tedious, difficult techniques that make your career advancement even harder.
? Words you need to Google.
? Images of me in a corporate suit posing with my chin on my hands. (can we please ban those?)
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Nope. You’ll get:
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? Straight-forward, practical and SIMPLE techniques that’ll get you results.
? Communication that’s honest and humble. Potentially with a swear word or two. Or three if it’s a good day.
? Images like these ??
You’ll get someone who has your absolute best interest at heart.?
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So, if you’re looking for fun, different, uplifting career advancement insights, then stick around.
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What career advice or feedback have you rejected? Tell us in the comments!
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Have the best week,
Jeanette ??
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ps. this cup was in the Airbnb we booked for a weekend in Hamburg. I did consider taking (read stealing) it.?
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I didn’t. But I really, really, really wanted to.
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pps. A few weeks ago, I had a call with a Sales Director. At the end he said that he didn’t expect the conversation to be so positive and uplifting. My heart went out to him because this means coaching sessions with his boss are not.
Executive Director with a strong background in Marketing & Sales, Customer Engagement and ESG
1 个月This reminds me a quote of Winston Churchill in a letter saying “I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” Simplicity is the ultimate form of elegance. Keep going Jeanette!
Driving growth | Empowering people | Sales
1 个月Totally agree, it is usually the basics that one must master through simple techniques; this will take you the farthest.
F??ck Being Stuck coaching | Empowers women in male dominated fields to end stress of self-sabotaging beliefs & to confidently get what you deserve | Ex-strategic lead Women in Security (ASIS Europe)
1 个月The sign of next level thinking IS the ability to explain things simply .... and don't say Einstein didn't know what he was talking about!!!
Sales Representative at DHL
1 个月Love it, Jeanette! Thank you!