Quote:
Originally Posted by luciferase75
Speak softly and carry a big stick.  |
^ this
That approach has worked very well for me in my professional as well as personal life. My tactics in the workplace tend to be:
1. Being overly polite (to the point of sounding silly occasionally), as well as keeping my not-so-polite comments to myself. It's been my observation that peers tend to lose a lot of respect for the hot-heads that just spew negative comments or nag the group in hopes that someone will just get fed up and let them have their way/say, even if said hothead's ideas are rock solid.
Combined with:
2. Making sure that the point/ideas I am trying to get across are well thought out, logical and (of course) make the most sense out of the options available.
Which leads me to:
3. Both in professional and life settings I will often times throw out a few ideas which are obviously flawed (to me at least) along with the concept I am actually trying to pitch. Subject at hand could range from the new project at work that I want my say in, or where a group of friends is headed that evening. This gives your audience the impression of choice which has tended to work very well for me also.