{"id":5303,"date":"2016-01-19T05:16:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T11:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=5303"},"modified":"2023-05-10T12:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T17:54:38","slug":"challenging-your-naysayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/challenging-your-naysayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenging Your Naysayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5303\" class=\"elementor elementor-5303\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44682cc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44682cc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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\u00a0&#8220;That will never work.&#8221; \u00a0or &#8220;It can&#8217;t be done.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The tenured folks who may say: &#8220;That&#8217;s not how we do things here.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIt&#8217;s enough to drive an optimist into submission. \u00a0And sometimes it does.\r\n<h3>What&#8217;s a Leader to Do?<\/h3>\r\nHere\u00a0are my\u00a0ideas:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Gain agreement on the desired outcome and\/or intended result of the new idea or action.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>When you hear\u00a0obstacles and objections being raised, don&#8217;t indiscriminately\u00a0accept them. \u00a0Question their validity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understand that the primary\u00a0<em>emotion<\/em> in play here\u00a0is <strong><em>fear<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0What can you do to relieve the concerns that are driving that fear?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Armed with\u00a0the\u00a0agreement on the outcome: challenge the naysayers with some form of this\u00a0simple, challenging question:<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<table style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border-color: #ffffff;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 120px; border-color: #ffffff; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2755 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Question-Icon.png\" alt=\"Question Mark\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" title=\"\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border-color: #ffffff; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;What&#8217;s it going to take?&#8221;<\/h2>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3>The Power in this &#8220;Leading&#8221; Question<\/h3>\r\nEngaging your followers in this challenge launches a conversation of possibilities. There is no place for <em>negativity<\/em> when the topic is <em>possibility<\/em>. \u00a0The <strong>assumption<\/strong> is that the goal <strong>is<\/strong> attainable given the right support, resources and commitment. \u00a0If we discover that we are not willing to pay the price, at least it&#8217;s an informed decision. \u00a0It&#8217;s a decision making process that avoids <em>giving in<\/em> at the first sign of an obstacle. And, that decision can lead to alternative actions and plans.\r\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5306\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/leader-mso.jpg\" alt=\"leader-mso\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/leader-mso.jpg 160w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/leader-mso-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>Leading Possibility Thinking<\/h3>\r\nAnd when\u00a0you are leading a possibilities brainstorming discussion, you should invoke the guideline\/rule: \u00a0<strong><em>There is\u00a0no such thing as a bad idea. \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0While there may be some ideas that we don&#8217;t use, none are immediately judged as rejects. \u00a0One off-the-wall idea can stimulate other more useful ideas. \u00a0But not if they are suppressed.\r\n<h3>Two Steps to Negating Negativity<\/h3>\r\nTo summarize simply, consider these two steps.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Gain consensus on the value of your desired outcome<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Challenge the group by asking: <strong><em>\u00a0What&#8217;s it going to take?<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nIf you&#8217;re saying to yourself; <strong>&#8220;<em>that just won&#8217;t work for me&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>, allow me to ask&#8230;\r\n<blockquote>&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat <strong><em>would<\/em><\/strong> it take for you to believe that it <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">would<\/span> work<\/em><\/strong>?<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3>Related Posts<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/nays-consensus-driven-leadership\/\">The Nays Have It<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/taking-the-no-out-of-innovation\/\" rel=\"next\">Taking the \u201cNO\u201d Out of Innovation<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/negating_negativity\/\" rel=\"next\">Negating Negativity: A One Word Solution<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How often do new and different ideas and approaches meet with resistance?<br \/>\nIn any team or group there are naysayers.  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