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I appreciate in "the book" there was a whole chapter dedicated to escaping headwinds (particularly of people who are holding you back). And how anyone that is holding you/your business back needs to be removed from the picture...
My business partner and I agree on most things and have complementing skill sets and also generally quite clear areas of responsibilities. However in some important areas where its slightly grey we have a tendency to disagree - to give some context my partner is the "Face" and "Voice" of the company, however I actually generally construct the message and marketing used with our clients (for which my partner communicates).
Recently due to some excellent advice from thecalmpickle I have been re-looking at our autoresponders to improve repeat customers. The advice given and tone of the messaging was more "direct" than partner was used to and objected that communicating in "that way" is not their personality and makes them feel uncomfortable. I know that once the autoresponders were implemented and we started to see an improvement there would be that "ah-ha" moment and then would forget why they objected in the first place... but in the meantime I'm trying to balance pushing the company forward and keep them happy..
Now I appreciate that in many cases if you argue the business cases then this should be the obvious decision, however when feeling uncomfortable they do not always act objectively..
Has anyone been in this situation and if so suggestions on how to overcome such hurdles?
My business partner and I agree on most things and have complementing skill sets and also generally quite clear areas of responsibilities. However in some important areas where its slightly grey we have a tendency to disagree - to give some context my partner is the "Face" and "Voice" of the company, however I actually generally construct the message and marketing used with our clients (for which my partner communicates).
Recently due to some excellent advice from thecalmpickle I have been re-looking at our autoresponders to improve repeat customers. The advice given and tone of the messaging was more "direct" than partner was used to and objected that communicating in "that way" is not their personality and makes them feel uncomfortable. I know that once the autoresponders were implemented and we started to see an improvement there would be that "ah-ha" moment and then would forget why they objected in the first place... but in the meantime I'm trying to balance pushing the company forward and keep them happy..
Now I appreciate that in many cases if you argue the business cases then this should be the obvious decision, however when feeling uncomfortable they do not always act objectively..
Has anyone been in this situation and if so suggestions on how to overcome such hurdles?
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