The Fastest Way to Get Decisionmakers to Value, Respect, and Rely on Your Expertise

One of the biggest frustrations that I hear from Nonprofit leaders is that much too often for comfort, decisionmakers fail to recognize or value our expertise. And when that happens, they're not listening to us in the same way. They're less inclined to take our advice and to give real weight to our assessment of what needs to be done differently. And all of that makes our advocacy work so much harder.

One of the questions I get most often is, what can I do to get decisionmakers to regard me as the expert that I know I am? How do I get them to see me as a highly expert resource that they should be relying on? 

The good news is there is a way to do this and it doesn't have to take forever.

In this episode, we share:

• The likely reasons decisionmakers aren’t realizing the value of your expertise
• One thing you must do if you want decisionmakers to take notice of your expertise
• Three common mistakes that will cause decisionmakers to overlook your expertise
• The next-level expertise most valued by decisionmakers
• How to demonstrate your expertise in a way that will grab decisionmakers’ attention
• What makes you an essential person to have in the room, from the decisionmaker’s perspective

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