My Boss Always Rejects My Ideas!

Have you always had all your ideas being rejected by your bosses?  You get worked up and fire your com­plains to your col­leagues at the pantry of how stu­pid your boss can be.  At times, you pon­der the real issue your boss is uptight about?  Some­time, you are just clue­less of their rejec­tion.  There are 9 rea­sons why your bosses reject your pro­posal.  It is not some­thing of com­pli­cated rocket sci­ence and is eas­ily understood.

1. Too lit­tle – What­ever you are propos­ing is too lit­tle or insignif­i­cant.  It doesn’t cap­ture your boss’s atten­tion.  Try pro­vid­ing more infor­ma­tion or let­ting him see the over­all benefits.
2. Too much – What­ever you are propos­ing is too much.  That is demand­ing of what can be deliv­ered.  He can­not han­dle the ben­e­fits (or work) that will be com­ing in.  Refine your ben­e­fits (and impact) to get him agree­able to your proposals.
3. Not now – It is not the right time to do what­ever you are propos­ing.  It could be resource con­straint, or organ­i­sa­tion matu­rity or mar­ket matu­rity.   The idea may not be effec­tive at the cur­rent moment there­fore, try approach­ing him again next time
4. Not in this way – You are propos­ing some­thing that is not in line with what he has in mind.  He may like your idea, but it is not what and how he wants to exe­cute it.
5. Not for this – Your boss is not keen of what you are propos­ing. He is just not inter­ested. Bet­ter luck and try next time. 
6. Not you – Your boss doesn’t like you.  Sim­ple as that and won’t take in any of your pro­pos­als.  How to cir­cum­vent this?  Get some­one he likes to pro­pose the idea!
7. Not me – Your boss is think­ing, why he should be doing it.  It is not his job scope and it will be bet­ter off to approach some­one else who have the capa­bil­ity to do it.
8. Not unless – Your boss is keen with the idea how­ever, he needs some top­ping up to what­ever you are propos­ing.  Find out more with him on what needs to be included!
9. Go away – Yes, just go away.  Your boss is not in a good mood or emo­tional state and it’s not the best time to dis­cuss about any­thing.  Hold your pro­pos­als and wait for another day!

Again, this is taken from the book, The Influ­en­tial Fundrais­ers authored by Bernard Ross and Clare Segal.  This book has con­tent tar­geted to fundrais­ers as the title describes.  How­ever, the applic­a­bil­ity of the tech­niques can be used on all aspects of influ­ence and nego­ti­a­tion.  That is even to influ­ence your boss to a deci­sion or influ­ence a customer’s sales deci­sion.  Be sure to know why your boss rejects you.  Address his con­cern and we’re sure you will get your pro­posal received by him!

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