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AuntieNae 8 years, 10 months ago.
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You are going to be leading the WGA’s future. Deciding event locations, swag pricing, just to name a few. You will be 1 of 9 voices.
How will you handle it when the vote goes the other way?
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My first step if things don’t go the way I want them to is evaluate. Evaluating why may help me change how the resolution came about, maybe the resolution will change the way I was looking at an issue or agenda. Realizing we all have other issues and problems and adding to another one doesn’t help, so venting can sometimes help but only in a positive way. Vent after mediating.
I think if the vote doesn’t go my way, it’s not always a bad thing. Perhaps the other person was just better, or they had better ideas and plans. I think it’s a learning opportunity, to see what works and what doesn’t work. The important thing is you’re not always going to get what you want. Learn from it, reflect on it, and move on to try again. You can’t change it, so use it to make your plans/thoughts better the next time.
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Accepting that things aren’t always going to go my way is just a part of life. I can be very passionate about things that I get involved in, and at times can be very stubborn when it comes to some of my thoughts and ideas. However, I also understand that there are others who are passionate about their thoughts and ideas, and sometimes their ideas might be better than mine. If I have an idea that I present to the board and someone else has a different idea that they counter with, there are seven other people on that board who are going to make that decision. If they don’t decide to go my way, that tells me that, as a group, we decided that the other idea was best. Maybe at a later time, my idea may seem to fit a bit better. Getting mad, dwelling on the outcome of the vote, and distancing myself from getting involved again, are not going to happen. It’s only natural to feel upset that the rest of the group didn’t think you had the best idea, but in the end, it’s about coming up with the best ideas for the group.
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I will always give my opinion on the matter at hand. Sometimes I will have a good idea sometimes it won’t be a good idea. If a idea I had isn’t the one we go with it is because as a team we decided to go another direction. It will be fine because it will be chosen as a team. The next agenda may go my way. I will work as a team and we will get items taken care of as a team. Just because it did not get chosen does not mean it was a bad idea. It just means someone had a better idea for that certain topic. We are hear for one reason is to make the WGA awesome for it’s members. Thank you
All opinions, comments, and useless drivel I post are mine alone and do not reflect the opinions of the WGA BOD.
As one of nine I understand that majority rules. My ideas and opinions are just that, MINE, that doesn’t make them the best or right, just my perspective on the topic. Of course if I voice an opinion or idea I will believe in it and stand behind it, but there are times when discussed with others and dissected we can see the short comings of our idea or accept why the group went a different direction. If my idea is not the popular vote I can and will gladly support the winning idea and give 100% effort in that direction.
Disclaimer : All posts are the opinion of the poster and do not in any way reflect on the WGA Board of Directors
Good question Michael because it is a good thing to have multiple voices and have everyone be heard in the discussions. There is always something that you did not think about! I have learned to just roll with it and go. The value is to keep the organization moving foward.
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