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Colby Morgan
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Executive in AI SaaS | Startup advisor and investor
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Colby Morgan
Tech & AI
9mo
Wes nails it: Stop trying to change your boss.
You can’t. You don’t have the leverage.
I’ve reported to three CEOs. Same lesson every time.
Power isn’t fair. It’s structural. Accept it or exhaust yourself pretending otherwise.
Your boss doesn’t need to change for you. You need their advocacy for success. They need their board’s advocacy (in the case of CEO). Do the math.
The shoe test: If it doesn’t fit from day one, it never will. Stop trying to “break in” your relationship with leadership. Find better fit or accept the blisters.
Why? Energy is finite. Stop wasting it on unchangeable dynamics. Redirect it toward influence. Most executives misread their leverage. They think logic wins. It doesn’t. Political intelligence does. Understand the difference.
There’s one caveat: Your boss needs a strong POV. Help them crystallize it. Lackluster POV = limited strategic direction = the revenue leader steering the ship with limited sail.
You won’t report to them forever. Learn what you can. Leave what doesn’t serve you!
https://lnkd.in/e4AB-4TJ
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Colby Morgan
Tech & AI
9mo
Wes nails it: Stop trying to change your boss.
You can’t. You don’t have the leverage.
I’ve reported to three CEOs. Same lesson every time.
Power isn’t fair. It’s structural. Accept it or exhaust yourself pretending otherwise.
Your boss doesn’t need to change for you. You need their advocacy for success. They need their board’s advocacy (in the case of CEO). Do the math.
The shoe test: If it doesn’t fit from day one, it never will. Stop trying to “break in” your relationship with leadership. Find better fit or accept the blisters.
Why? Energy is finite. Stop wasting it on unchangeable dynamics. Redirect it toward influence. Most executives misread their leverage. They think logic wins. It doesn’t. Political intelligence does. Understand the difference.
There’s one caveat: Your boss needs a strong POV. Help them crystallize it. Lackluster POV = limited strategic direction = the revenue leader steering the ship with limited sail.
You won’t report to them forever. Learn what you can. Leave what doesn’t serve you!
https://lnkd.in/e4AB-4TJ
147
Colby Morgan
Tech & AI
9mo
Wes nails it: Stop trying to change your boss.
You can’t. You don’t have the leverage.
I’ve reported to three CEOs. Same lesson every time.
Power isn’t fair. It’s structural. Accept it or exhaust yourself pretending otherwise.
Your boss doesn’t need to change for you. You need their advocacy for success. They need their board’s advocacy (in the case of CEO). Do the math.
The shoe test: If it doesn’t fit from day one, it never will. Stop trying to “break in” your relationship with leadership. Find better fit or accept the blisters.
Why? Energy is finite. Stop wasting it on unchangeable dynamics. Redirect it toward influence. Most executives misread their leverage. They think logic wins. It doesn’t. Political intelligence does. Understand the difference.
There’s one caveat: Your boss needs a strong POV. Help them crystallize it. Lackluster POV = limited strategic direction = the revenue leader steering the ship with limited sail.
You won’t report to them forever. Learn what you can. Leave what doesn’t serve you!
https://lnkd.in/e4AB-4TJ
147