Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business Career

People Pleasing

Episode 17

In business, we can fall into a pattern of wanting to please the person sitting across the table, whether it's a boss, a peer, or a team member. It sounds innocent enough and full of good intention, but counterintuitively this can stymie your personal growth, your contribution to the business, and development of your unique voice, distinct from everyone else. In this episode, learn strategies to stop people-pleasing so that you can add more value to your business and advance your career. 


What You'll Learn From This Episode:

  • How people-pleasing cam limit your ability to leave the business, the organization, the people, and the clients to leave better than you found it
  • Identify the two options that our brain often offers up with interacting with others in an effort to simplify the decision
  • How to stop people-pleasing to fit in with the group in the form of posing and politics
  • How to set boundaries instead of people-please, for better outcomes professionally and personally
  • How to overcome people-pleasing when conducting performance reviews to offer the team member the most help
  • How to be firm but fair with partners, peers, and providers for collective success
  • How to manage up effectively, speaking truth to power, while earning more trust


Recommended Related Episodes:

Episode 3 - Set Your Non-Negotiables

Episode 5 - Mastering Relationships at Work

Episode 6 - Leaving Work At The Office

Episode 14 - Work Trauma


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