In his newsletter a while ago, Chris Brogan wrote:

If you want to know one of my biggest prized secrets, something that Julien Smith and I wrote about in a different way in the Archimedes Effect part of Trust Agents, it’s this: understanding when to comply and when not to comply is a huge secret to becoming more successful.

Meaning: fight where it’s useful to fight, and just comply with the things that aren’t worth fighting about, even if they’re annoying.

As HR professionals, we often come up against a lot of obstacles when trying to implement innovative and strategic programs. I sometimes worry that by the time we wade through the layers of approvals, the finished product is nothing like we had envisioned (and not always in a good way).

Sometimes we have to dig in our heels and fight for what we believe. But sometimes it makes more sense to just go along with it. A key skill for HR pros is learning how tell the difference between those two situations.

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