343: How to Talk to People Who Have Power, with Jordan Harbinger
Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Jordan Harbinger: The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger is the critically acclaimed host of The Jordan Harbinger Show. He interviews legendary musicians to intelligence operatives, iconoclastic writers to visionary change-makers. Then he deconstructs the playbooks of the most successful people and challenges his audience to use those insights in their own lives.
Key Points
- Leaders must be advocates for their team.
- Charming a superior is typically only good for short-term gains, whereas advocating for your team will lay a foundation for future success.
- Research people you’re nervous about meeting, and the more you learn, the more you’ll begin to see they’re just normal people.
- If you’re running a meeting, people want you to set the agenda and control the flow.
- When there is a power distance, do whatever you can to make the distance feel smaller.
- Research the person you’re going to meet with and find something you have in common. This is a way to reach out to them and make you stand out.
Resources Mentioned
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| 0:00.0 | You've been in those meetings when you walk into the room with your bosses, bosses, boss, and you're trying to act cool, but you're really scared out of your mind. |
| 0:09.0 | And a lot of us have also been that person, someone coming to meet with us, who we might intimidate. |
| 0:15.2 | On today's show, how to close the power distance gap from both sides of the table. |
| 0:20.6 | This is coaching for Leaders, episode 343. |
| 0:24.0 | Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. |
| 0:29.0 | Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your |
| 0:38.2 | host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born, they're made, and this weekly show gives you access to the practical wisdom |
| 0:46.6 | that will empower you to become a better leader. |
| 0:50.2 | If you're a leader in any capacity, whether it is in the corporate world, |
| 0:54.6 | whether it is running a small business, whether it is like me leading kids and parenting |
| 1:01.0 | and relationships, you know the importance of powerful and engaging conversation. |
| 1:07.6 | It's something that all of us aspire to and yet it is something that even those of us who feel like we've gotten a bit better at it over our careers |
| 1:15.0 | want to continually challenge ourselves to improve upon. |
| 1:19.0 | And today's guest is someone who has really made their living on having great conversations with others. |
| 1:25.8 | I know we're going to learn a ton from him on how to engage people well regardless of their |
| 1:31.6 | background, regardless of the |
| 1:34.0 | the position they're in and we're in |
| 1:36.0 | and I'm really thrilled to welcome Jordan Harbinger to the show today. |
| 1:39.0 | Jordan is the critically acclaimed host of the Jordan Harbinger show. |
| 1:42.8 | If his name sounds familiar to you, |
| 1:44.8 | it might be because you heard him previously on the Art of Charm, |
| 1:48.2 | one of the top podcasts on the internet |
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