Jamie Lee is an executive coach for smart women who hate office politics. She helps them get promoted and better paid without throwing anyone under the bus.
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Jill comes across as increasingly adversarial, demanding you deliver on promises she herself can't make. And Sam is reluctant to commit to the launch deadline, saying it would be better to delay rather than risk getting blamed for unforeseen errors.
Just when you most need your colleagues to come together, collaboration seems to be falling apart.
WHY is this happening?
Your honest no is a kind yes to you and it's in the best interest of everyone.
Even if the folks who ask for your time quibble at your no, you benefit them by NOT going against your integrity. By NOT doing things half-heartedly, while wishing you’d said no in the first place.
So I invite you to borrow, steal or adapt any of the following —
