Our parents tried to teach us this as kids. Probably we weren’t very good at it when we were little but hopefully over time we have gotten better. You are probably asking yourself "what is he talking about?" I am referring to sharing.
Raise your hand:
- If you sent a really cool proposal to a client in the last week.
- You presented a capabilities presentation recently and you were really excited about a few of the slides!
- If you learned a new way to do something in Microsoft Excel or Word in the past few days!
- If you found out something interesting about one of your clients.
- If you read an article about a company that you believe should be a client of yours!
My sense is that if most people were playing along with this exercise their hand would be raised.
The real question is what do you do with that knowledge or information? I would say that most people do very little with the information. They file it away in their brain and go on and do something else in their busy day.
Before you file it away, all of us should do one more thing and add one more step to the process.
Share the knowledge and information. Send out an email to co-workers that you believe could benefit from hearing from you. Walk over and share the information with someone in the office. Pick up the phone and tell someone about it.
We were all taught about sharing many, many years ago, but do we really do it as much as we should?
How good are you at sharing?
What things do you tend to share? And with whom?
I look forward to reading your thoughts and comments.
Rachel Campbell says:
I think this one is good because I was on the phone with someone from your organization just the other day who was “adjusting” to the new Excel. It was one of the same issues I had when I first got the most recent Excel installed and so I sat there and gave her all the tips I could think of to make it easier for her to adjust quickly!
Jami Pulley says:
What a great topic! People willing to take the time to share with me has made me more successful in both my professional and personal life. I have implemented so many great ideas by listening to what other people have tried. I love hearing what works…and what doesn’t work. I have a team meeting every other Tuesday and part of the agenda is to share information about what is going on in the market place, what our competitors are doing, and what they have learned about our industry via publications and articles. My team has learned a lot, as well as myself. All of us will be more successful and make our industry better if always took the time to share with others. I wasn’t very good at it as a kid, but I’m hoping I have made some improvements over the years.
Jeremy Bromberg says:
I’m great at sharing. Whenever we get a new car, the first thing I do is flip the keys to my neighbor and say, “Take it for a spin. See what this baby can do.” Everyone does that, right?
Merrill Dubrow says:
Jeremy,
That is really cool that you do that. I must admit I just got a new car and didn’t that.
Enjoy the holiday’s.
Merrill