Messing with the LinkedIn bros… #greenscreen #linkedin

I'm waiting for the LinkedIn Bros to come for me. So if you're not a connoisseur of LinkedIn, they started doing this kind of dumb thing last year where they ask these kind of super generic questions and try to drum up a conversation in the comments. Or they ask professionals to give their expert opinion. And I don't know why I did quotations. It's actually expert opinion. But what ends up happening is you have a bunch of people spewing the same advice, the leadership coaching advice. And it's like, anyway, so I've decided that I am going to answer these questions even though I think they're absolutely asinine. But I'm going to do it in my own style and I'm going to wait for the LinkedIn bros to get mad at me and come for me. So the question your facilitation authority is challenged by a key stakeholder. How will you regain control of the situation? So this is what I wrote. When a stakeholder challenges your authority, it's important to remind them who's in charge. You can do this with words or by simply making yourself appear bigger than them. This is why it's always good to wear a blazer. You can unbutton it and put your hands in the pocket so you can easily hold it open as you climb up on the boardroom table to get some height on them. If they try to speak again, and this is key, then flap the sides of your blazer and screech loudly. This should keep them from challenging you again. So I'm hopeful. I'm pretty sure I'm probably going to get some, like, leadership development clients out of this. Absolutely right.