Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Cleavage in the Boardroom

My friend Ali Rodriguez is one of the most passionate, life-loving women I've ever met. A successful business coach, Ali has a way of adding her own brand of Sizzibility (sizzle + visibility) to every situation. She wrote this article recently and I begged her to reprint it. I feel like I could have written it myself. And no, it's not about wearing low-cut blouses.
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Cleavage in the Boardroom

by Ali Rodriguez, Vision For Success Coaching

Tired of walking into Board meetings, with the long table, and the faces of the members even longer not to mention the never-ending meeting on topics that all of the sudden, you can't even remember, let alone care anymore? It's dreadful, isn't it? ~ They will tell you it's all about time management, but it isn't, as if it was, things will permanently change, and they don't.

Here's the answer: It's all a matter of "approach" and here's your new approach: "Cleavage in the Boardroom". Yes, indeed, you will take pride in showing your Intellectual Cleavage to the rest of the board members otherwise, you will continue to be unhappy if not unproductive; and it has to stop. It is also your duty to show others just how to do this.

A little intellectual cleavage is alluring, and people will want to know what you're up to; once you get their attention, you can present your plan and show them in all your greatness, the brilliance of your brain coupled with a few amazing ideas and results plan.

But wait, there's more. If you're wondering what is your own, individual, and totally unique "Cleavage in the Boardroom" Quotient. (CBQ) ~ Wonder no more.

Focus on two or three things that you do better than anyone else, and for which, folks come to you to ask you to solve some of their problems with what you have in that intellectual cleavage of yours. Then use your talents in an alluring way, each time you have an opportunity to speak your mind. Do this not all at once, but just little by little. You already have the talent, all you need is, "practice", "practice", "practice", and soon Boredom in The Boardroom will be transformed to Cleavage in the Boardroom, and you will be The Shining Star"!

NOW is the time to share this information with others and teach them how to find their talents and put them to good use. Can you imagine the tremendous amount of value you will be adding to the group as a whole, not to mention, individual added value? ~ Awesome, isn't it?

From now on is your turn to practice "Cleavage in the Boardroom" and you will have more productive meetings, more focused groups, and folks will greatly appreciate what you are doing for the Board and you will feel like the star you are. Make as many people happy with your intellectual genius.

Ali R. Rodriguez
Business Coach by Profession
Life changer by Vocation
visit Ali at www.VisionForSuccess.biz to learn about her Power of Five program.


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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great post! Go for the cleavage!

Rose said...

Good advice as always Ali is on the mark.

Anonymous said...

Catchy title! And the message is right on.

Anna said...

A bold and attention-grabber piece of advice that got me thinking about accentuating the positive. Will share with my clients.
All the best Ali,
Anna
Career Coach

Anonymous said...

As always, Ali reinforces the positive and inspires us to accentuate our inner strengths! Thank you Ali!

Ivey
Office Manager

Ali Rodriguez said...

A note from Ali:

I smile when I think how important it is to exercise the allure of our intellectual cleavage; and what better place to practice than in the Boardroom.
Once you get the hang of it, you can dazzle everyone with your smarts and you will be the shinning star. It is time to start this new revolution of "Cleavage in the Boardroom!"
Let’s go for it, and let’s be empowered!

Ali Rodriguez
www.VisionForSuccess.biz