The Internet is full of advice on achieving success in business life. But there’s no single way of winning; there’s no single recipe you apply repeatedly. In a war, every battle is different, requiring different tactics. Similarly, to succeed, you need an arsenal of tactics that you can employ whenever required. I’ll add another to your arsenal: Never leave the table until you get what you want.
Working as a Cloud Solutions Architect, I’ve been involved in many meetings and discussions. It included business units, C-level managers and executives, developers, agencies, you name it. Most meetings are pointless, and they could be emails instead. But some meetings are crucial, and you need to conquer them.
When I was working at ING Turkey, there was a group manager that I admired. Every meeting she attended, she wouldn’t leave the table until she got what she or her team wanted or needed. She was a legend in the company; the people who worked under her in the organisation loved her, and others feared her, which unfortunately included us.