Key Points
It was stalling my career," says Kerry Flynn Barrett, a human resources consultant who once had a boss who batted down her efforts to take on bigger projects and more responsibility..
Before putting your boss on the spot during a big meeting, bring them into the fold with an idea rsum"a one-page document that includes evidence underpinning your idea and a sense of who it will impactsays Peter Mulford, chief innovation officer at strategy consulting firm BTS..
If the boss needs to be convinced there is demand for a venture youre proposing, request $5,000 to have a marketing firm estimate the customer base, rather than asking for $300,000 upfront to fund the new product..
Amy Gallo, the author of Getting Along," a book about difficult colleagues, once had a boss who said a knee-jerk no to great ideas, only to put them into action herself a few weeks later..
Annoyed at first, Gallo and her colleagues eventually realized: Hey, at least our ideas are getting done. . Now, Gallo recommends using we" instead of I" when introducing ideas to an insecure boss..
