A short YouTube clip of Simon Sinek answering the question "How do I influence senior management?" He argues you cannot realistically influence people many levels above you and instead should focus on inspiring and supporting the people you work with directly to improve mutual fulfillment.
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Perhaps the most frequent question I get asked is.
How do I influence my boss? Or how do I influence senior management? And the answer is, you don't. You don't worry about the people 3, 4, 5, 6 levels above you because you can't influence them. And so there's no point worrying about it. Very, very often organizations that have a fuzzy why, it's because senior management isn't doing anything about it and they're not articulating it. And even though there may be a group of people in the middle who truly care and are driven by it, you can't influence senior management. You just can't. You cannot change other people. You can only change yourself in those situations. Stop worrying about influencing people levels above you. Worry about your own situation. Worry about and concern yourself with the people you work with. How do you inspire them, whether above you or below you? How do you put yourself out there to see that they will be successful? And how do you help each other and worry about that little community that is ultimately serving your happiness? A boss 5, 6 levels up is not serving your happiness. The people you work with every day, they are serving your happiness of fulfillment. Oh, and by the way, you're serving their happiness and fulfillment too.
