The Rising Leader Being Influential as a Leader with Beth Perlman
Beth Perlman is the Managing Director and Chief Information Officer Advisor at Think, a national technology and operations management consulting practice. As an experienced executive, Beth has an in-depth background in management combined with operational and administrative expertise. She is the former VP and Program Director at Gartner, where she worked with Fortune 100 C-level executives. She graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and Finance.
Beth joins me today to discuss the role of leaders as influencers. She describes her background and recounts how working under a poor leader inspired her to become a great leader. She explores the value of adapting your language according to the team you’re managing and explains how she evolved her language through trial and error and working with her peers. Beth also highlights why it’s okay to lose, underscores the value of forming coalitions in an organization, and offers advice on leading a team through a crisis.
“As a leader, your job is about influence more than anything else. And once you build credibility, it’s easier to convince people.” - Beth Perlman
This week on The Rising Leader Podcast:
● Beth’s background and what inspired her to want to lead people
● The challenges she met as the teams she led got bigger
● Taking responsibility for your communication skills as a leader
● Stacking the deck, the power of building laterally, and using influence to form coalitions
● Fostering relationships at the C-suite level
● Why you need to avoid becoming your team’s bottleneck
● Having a safe space to hold conversations and face challenging questions as a group
● Building traction and what it takes to be a trusted advisor to the CEO
● “I” versus “we” and speaking with one voice
● Staying in the game when you’re getting beaten up
● Losing gracefully and the importance of always looking forward
● Minimizing business risk and leading your team through a crisis
Resources Mentioned:
● Podcast: The Unwritten Rules | Seeking Validation & Finding Your Career Fit with Beth Perlman
Connect with Beth Perlman:
● Think
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