how to offer a suggestion to a superior?
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Present yourself in a nonthreatening manner. State it in question form. Let the superior think it was their idea. When you build a rapport with the superior overtime, they will learn to respect you and then you can get to a relationship where you can offer input and the superior may ask you for your ideas.
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I would think if you visit the company-you-want-to-present-to's web site, you can probably send an e-mail, snail mail, or phone call about a suggestion or visit the local office personally and get directions from there.\n\nYou can also try sending an e-mail to the webmaster or company secretaries asking whom one might contact about suggesting new product ideas.\n\nFrom my personal experience, if you're really gungho, you can set up an appointment with company representatives to give a formal presentation for proposal. Just be sure to give a top-notch first impression so they may consider meeting with you.
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Read "The Articulate Executive" by Granville N. Toogood (yes, that is his real name). An excellent book for fine tuning communication and leadership skills in the work place or whatever situation in life.
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More money (cash, stock, options, benefits) is the obvious answer. Other than that, anything to show appreciation. Put the employee in charge of choice projects. Give the employee a chance to leave a legacy by giving him training/guidance responsibility, or make him/her a mentor of younger employees, so s/he can pass on their knowledge. \n\nIn some companies there are "soft" but effective ways to show appreciation: feater the employee on a headline article on the corporate Intranet; arrange a lunch with the CEO, etc.\n\nMore importantly, however: I would try to establish why the employee doesn't want the promotion. Maybe the next management layer is seen as too "cutthroat"? Maybe the employee is afraid that he might be loosing his technical edge if he gets into management? Maybe there's considerable animosity vs. the "higher-ups"? If it's a reason like that, you'd better get started on an organizational improvement.
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im willing to help you with your nice idea!
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be her friend and make suggestions outside of meetings. If I feel the value of staying in this job of yours', I'd see it as the best training ground for my softskills~ influencing people. How to measure success? You'd become her panic aid, she comes to you when she panics- you can soothe her. When shes indecisive, you'll be her favourite person to talk to, giving subtle hints on solutions.
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Give your boss a good smack in the mouth. You should see changes taking place shortly afterwards. Glad to be of help.
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Talk to your manager.
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If the message is given directly to Dr. Iou, consider the following:\nI would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you, Dr. Tony Iou, my teacher and supervisor. I have benefited from your guidance, great kindness and patience and I wish to say a heartfelt thank you.\nIf it is to a third person, then it should be:\nI would like to express my sincerest gratitude to Dr. Tony Iou, my teacher and supervisor. I have benefited from his guidance, great kindness and patience and I wish to say a heartfelt thank you to him.
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Add the thanks in the detail or email the person. I am sure they would like to know they were helpful. Something specific is especially meaningful.
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Show that you know and understand the audience's needs and concerns.  Address these needs and concerns, showing that what you propose is the best of all the possible alternatives.\n\nIt helps to be warm, friendly and humorous.
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make a person smile a couple of times, laugh a couple of times and you throw thier receptivity switch in thier personallity to the on position. with this done just deliver the question as if it was something that you needed thier personal advice on and most people will divulge almost anything. they may shoot it straight from the hip or the more shy will give it as a "third" person or "hyperthetical" scenario but we can all read between those lines lol ;o)
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you need to take initiaticve and do it yourself.  Then present to your level of co-workers, let them have aome input.  Then present to the higer-ups.  or you can ask the higer-up to giv eyou a crack at it (which they would perfer, i'm sure, but since they are unorganized....)\nDo they have a board of diorector?  These are the folks who ususally are responsible for such an act.
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If you want to be the "boss" make sure you know what you're asking. First, makes sure you've researched everything there is to know about what you're topics are in the meeting. Second, if the big boss is asking who has an idea or suggestions, make sure you try in a "cool" way to introduce your idea and sound convincing enough that would make you different among everyone. Last, make sure that you can do the ideas you suggest so that when youre asked to take charge of the project you can deliver your ideas and kick butt!
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One way suggested by training professionals is to 'sandwich' the "not-so-good news" (negative criticism) with positive remarks and feedback. Give a positive start and finish. The door is then open for further public (group) discussion or a chance of a word with yourself in private. \nIn trying to help your team improve, it is important that the criticism never becomes personal, only helpful. Otherwise, individuals will just give up trying to improve (which they may see as simply 'pleasing you') and become undermining and subversive, which helps nobody. Be fair and be SEEN to be fair.
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represent your skills honestly and ask for an honest appraisal from boss a good manager likes honesty a good effort and a willingness to communicate tell empoyee to be honest and open to criticism don't be  harsh make recommendations on a human level tryto establish a skills enhancement forum
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tell someone befor you pop