Segment 4: Top Tips on Making the Ask

1.   Don’t apologize for asking

2.   Be explicit

3.   Don’t ask large groups

4.   Be you

5.   Have a Plan B

6.   Have a sounding board

7.   Land the plane

8.   Make it in their best interest

9.   Be high energy

10. Don’t let this be the end of the relationship 

Segment 3: What Happens When Your Ask is Rejected?

1.   Don’t take it personally

2.   Review the ask

3.   Decide if you can ask questions

4.   Determine the why

5.   Use it to become better

6.   Don’t dwell on it

7.   Focus on the next deposit

8.   Know when to follow up and ask again

Segment 2: Timing and Size of the Ask 

1.   You have to know the person and when the best time to ask is

2.   The Ask has to match the equity

3.   Stairstep principle

So glad you took the time to download my show notes for episode 7, Season 4 of Earn the Ask! Today’s show is about being an engaged leader and creating an engaged team in order to be successful.

My Social Media Links

Please connect with me and say hi! It’s my goal to give plenty of value (deposits!) via my social media channels and I’d love for you all to be a part of my groups.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-chaney-a401ba7/

Twitter: @AngelaChaney33

Facebook: Angela Chaney-Engagement Equity

Private Engagement Equity Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/405529950468135

Book Suggestions from This Episode

Engagement Equity: Earn the Ask by Angela Chaney

All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Master the Most Important Skill for Success by Wayne Baker

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…and Maybe the World by William H. McRavern

Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything by Alexandra Carter

Resource from this Episode

ROCKSBOX code to get a FREE MONTH: ANGELACBFF118. This is the jewelry rental service I use. It helps me get excited about dressing up for client and networking meetings since I ALWAYS have new jewelry to accessorize with!

Paint by Numbers Kit for Adults (I used these to engage more with my daughter on the weekends!). What my daughter is painting and what I’m painting.

Segment 1: What is “The Ask” and Why is It Important?

1.   The Ask is making a withdrawal from your account.

2.   Giving and Receiving profiles from All You Have to Do is Ask

3.   Why asking is hard

Segment 2: Timing and Size of the Ask  

1.   You have to know the person and when the best time to ask is

2.   The Ask has to match the equity

3.   Stairstep principle

Segment 3: What Happens When Your Ask is Rejected?

1.   Don’t take it personally

2.   Review the ask

3.   Decide if you can ask questions

4.   Determine the why

5.   Use it to become better

6.   Don’t dwell on it

7.   Focus on the next deposit

8.   Know when to follow up and ask again

Segment 4: Top Tips on Making the Ask

1.   Don’t apologize for asking

2.   Be explicit

3.   Don’t ask large groups

4.   Be you

5.   Have a Plan B

6.   Have a sounding board

7.   Land the plane

8.   Make it in their best interest

9.   Be high energy

10. Don’t let this be the end of the relationship

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Segment 4: Top Tips on Being Engaged

1.   Establish an atmosphere of play.

2.   Eliminate barriers and encourage connection.

3.   Create an environment your team loves to come to.

4.   Block out talk time in your schedule.

5.   Take care of your stuff before coming into the office.

6.   Use the Platinum Rule.

7.   Offer the perks that matter to your team.

8.   Put a focus on the givers.

9.   Recognize effort, not just achievement 

Segment 3: Engaging Your Team

1.   Promote flexibility and embrace failure (from The Best Place to Work)

2.   Promote positive emotions (from The Best Places to Work)

3.   Three underlying factors will make a job miserable: anonymity, irrelevance, and immeasurement (from The Truth About Employee Engagement)

4.   Hire the right people whose values and goals match up with yours

Segment 2: Being Engaged as a Leader

1.   Curiosity about your product, service, and clients

2.   Curiosity about and willingness to listen to your team

3.   Enthusiasm and willing to work alongside your team

4.   Response to feedback and flexibility

So glad you took the time to download my show notes for episode 7, Season 4 of Earn the Ask! Today’s show is about being an engaged leader and creating an engaged team in order to be successful.

My Social Media Links

Please connect with me and say hi! It’s my goal to give plenty of value (deposits!) via my social media channels and I’d love for you all to be a part of my groups.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-chaney-a401ba7/

Twitter: @AngelaChaney33

Facebook: Angela Chaney-Engagement Equity

Private Engagement Equity Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/405529950468135

Book Suggestions from This Episode

Engagement Equity: Earn the Ask by Angela Chaney

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

The Best Place to Work by Ron Friedman

The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace by Gary Chapman and Paul White

The Truth About Employee Engagement by Patrick Lencioni

Mindset by Carole S. Dweck

Resource from this Episode

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Segment 1: What Does “Being Engaged” Mean?

1.   Employee Engagement is the emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals.

--Using discretionary effort

2.   It’s not the same for every employee or every leader.

3.   The Ten Cs of Employee Engagement

Segment 2: Being Engaged as a Leader

1.   Curiosity about your product, service, and clients

2.   Curiosity about and willingness to listen to your team

3.   Enthusiasm and willing to work alongside your team

4.   Response to feedback and flexibility

Segment 3: Engaging Your Team

1.   Promote flexibility and embrace failure (from The Best Place to Work)

2.   Promote positive emotions (from The Best Places to Work)

3.   Three underlying factors will make a job miserable: anonymity, irrelevance, and immeasurement (from The Truth About Employee Engagement)

4.   Hire the right people whose values and goals match up with yours

Segment 4: Top Tips on Being Engaged

1.   Establish an atmosphere of play.

2.   Eliminate barriers and encourage connection.

3.   Create an environment your team loves to come to.

4.   Block out talk time in your schedule.

5.   Take care of your stuff before coming into the office.

6.   Use the Platinum Rule.

7.   Offer the perks that matter to your team.

8.   Put a focus on the givers.

9.   Recognize effort, not just achievement

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Written‌ ‌by‌ ‌Angela Chaney

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Segment 4: Top Tips on Knowing Yourself to Radiate Outward

1.   Take time to be still.

2.   Know what calms you.

3.   Identify one or two good sounding boards.

4.   View everything as data.

5.   Journal.

6.   Don’t let knowing thyself lead to judging others.

7.   Know when it’s time for a break.

8.   Develop relationships with others who strive to know themselves.

9.   Understand the concept of present and future self.

Segment 3: How to Use Knowing Yourself to Radiate Outward

1.   Set up your environment for success.

2.   Help others get to know you: sharing.

3.   Know what you need and give it to yourself instead of seeking it from others.

4.   Use knowing yourself to know others.