Our reader ballot immediately asks: How good are you at asking for assist when you actually need it?
- I’m nice at it. I do know after I want help, and I don’t hesitate to ask for it 14.43%
- I’m okay at it. There are occasions I might ask for assist sooner 43.29%
- I’m not good at it. I battle to ask for assist besides in excessive conditions 34.82%
- I’m horrible at it. I by no means ask for assist regardless of how a lot I want it 7.46%
Don’t go it alone. 85% of you report that you would be higher at asking for assist (with a whopping 43% admitting you’re not good or are horrible at asking for assist). When you’re on this majority, ask your self why you’re not good at asking for assist. Is it that you simply’re unaware that you simply need assistance? Or that you simply don’t know who to go to for assist? Or is it extra about ego, delight, and unwillingness to confess you may’t deal with one thing? Then ask your self what’s worse – asking for assist or failing at a process and needing to ask for assist after you fail. The reply must be fairly apparent. Asking for assist isn’t an indication of weak point. It’s an indication of maturity that demonstrates you understand your limitations and also you belief these round you sufficient to enlist their assist in fixing an issue. Perhaps if all of us get higher at asking for assist, we’ll resolve extra issues and construct stronger relationships within the course of.
– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC
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These outcomes have been initially a SmartPulse ballot in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks suggestions from greater than 240,000 enterprise leaders. Get smarter on management and join the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.
