239: How to Ensure Your Authority Is Respected | Feedback Friday
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
At work, you're the youngest person on the team -- but you've also been there longer than anyone else. Your boss (who lives in another state) refers to you as his site lead, but you don't have an official title to reflect this. Your group needs the organization you know you can offer, but you don't want to come off as a power-hungry usurper. How do you get your boss to clarify your role -- to you and the team? On this Feedback Friday, we'll try to show you how to ensure your authority is respected.
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| 0:00.0 | A lot of people ask me how I'm able to stick to my fitness routine, especially since I have such a bananas schedule. |
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| 1:05.2 | Welcome to Feedback Friday. |
| 1:06.5 | I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger, and I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo. |
| 1:10.3 | On the show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's most brilliant and |
| 1:14.3 | interesting people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to impact your |
| 1:18.6 | own life and those around you. |
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