Doing the Doable: An interview with Jim Lukaszewski, part 3 of 8
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Jim Lukaszewski: The other question I get quite often is, “If I can only get to this guy, I could really help him but by boss is in the way.” My response is, “Here’s what I suggest you do: Teach your boss the things you know how to do, and teach your boss how to teach his boss how to do it.”
I think the real risky strategy is going around your boss and trying to somehow intervene in this other person’s environment. That’s a suicide strategy. If you can work for a boss that won’t let you get to the big guy, and won’t do what you’re talking about, the answer’s pretty simple—you better make another career choice real soon.
Another question I get asked is this: “I know what this person should be doing. I know in my heart what he should be doing, I know in reality what he should be doing, but he simply will not do it. What can I do? What can you tell me Mr. Magician Lukaszewski, Mr. Guru Lukaszewski, to make him do what I want him to do?” (more…)
The relevance of journalism schools
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008That’s what Inside Higher Ed discusses.
You are the Table: An interview with Jim Lukaszewski, part 2 of 8
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Read part 1.
Q: What happens if, as a public relations professional, you see communications disconnects in your senior leadership? For example, maybe your CEO is not a good communicator or is somebody who goes around and shoots him or herself in the foot all the time.
Jim Lukaszewski: The rest of the book, the discipline, has to do with the question: What do you have to know how to do to have the influence you want to have? The questions the book answers are: How do I get to the table? How do I get to the inner circle? How do I get next to the person to heed the advice I think I have to offer? What is the secret to doing that?
The first premise of the book is that every problem is a management problem before it’s anything else. The second premise of the book is that you are the table. If you want to have this role, then you need to learn how to do this to get there. There are things you need to know how to do to be able to get there to give the advice that’s necessary to change how managers manage and how leaders lead. (more…)
