How To Get Your Manager To Listen To & Adopt Your Ideas

One of the most important aspects of advancing your career is having your ideas adopted at work. I have often had clients tell me the following:

“My manager doesn’t listen to my ideas.”

“Other people talk over me when I’m sharing.”

“My manager puts my ideas in the ‘parking lot.’”

One thing I have noticed after working with thousands of team members is that we have an unconscious bias that tells us that people at the top of the organization have better ideas that get adopted more easily. However, this is not and should not always be the case.

If you can relate, then keep reading! In this post, I will teach you my two best tips for getting your ideas heard and implemented in the workplace.

Tip #1: Your timing is critical. There are going to be times when ideas are more readily accepted. As a general rule people are more open to change and new ideas at the beginning of a time-frame. So if you present a new idea at the beginning of the year, the beginning of the month, or even at the beginning of the week, you’re going to have a better opportunity to do so at…