"NO"...the new STEALTH skill

A few current trends are redefining which skills are going to help you stand out and succeed in 2024.

1. Mental health is deteriorating.
2. Budgets are less, and spending is down.
3. Most businesses are focused on doing more with less.

Consequently:

• Our working?hours are up because we're working anywhere.
• Expectations of employers are on the rise because we are always online.
• We have less time and energy.
• Burnout has sky rocketed. SURPRISE!

A coaching client of mine said this morning "Oh I write a weekly TO-DO list and try to finish my work each week, but it's never enough and I never feel like I get anywhere because people keep adding more and more".

NO!!!!

Priorities, lists and goals are not enough.?Agreeing priorities, agreeing boundaries is only your first step to managing your workload and keeping the team productive.?

Agreeing priorities, agreeing boundaries is the first step to managing our workload and team.

Saying NO is fast becoming the stealth skill for success at work. Without the skill of saying NO we eventually burnout.

YOU?are your?only guardian?of your time and energy, no one is going to safeguard YOUR wellbeing or SUCCESS for you.

NO is your only hope.

If we can’t say NO to extra demands, favours, help on projects and (insert other requests here) then we are certain to miss our goals or worse fall over. Why? Because we only have so much bandwidth. Without constant focus we lose.

Saying NO is the catalyst to greater FOCUS and success. 'BUT...

My current poll shows that just 7% of us feel we are able to say NO.

So far just 7% of us feel we CAN say NO with ease. That’s a really worrying stat considering the above trends and impacts.

How about you? And others in your team? Let me know by taking the poll. It takes less than 5 seconds.

I will be running a free workshop in the future and everyone that takes part in the poll will get a free place and copy of my SAY YES with a NO toolkit.

Here are the current results and the poll. I will share the summary next week.

Be sure to HAVE YOUR SAY in the poll

Message me with a HELL YES if you want a copy of my bestseller Powerful Conversations.

I love hearing from you.

Paul is one of LinkedIn Top Voices for Leadership Development and Coaching. He is the author of the bestseller Powerful Conversations and is an expert n trust, leadership communication and impact.

Paul is a speaker, mentor and coach. His workshops and one on one sessions have helped 1000s of leaders to lift performance, improve results and increase employee engagement.

Learn more at paulmatthews.com.au

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