I remember the exact day I decided to stop Yes Chick behavior. We hired a marketing company with a huge monthly retainer to elevate our business. As a small team of three, I handled everything from marketing to member services and coaching. Naturally, I was responsible for managing the marketing firm. We hired them based on their excellent track record, and my role was to guide them. But things didn’t go as planned.
Realizing the Need to Stop Yes Chick Behavior
By Month Two, the president of the marketing company called me and said, “We can’t work with your boss anymore. He’s steamrolling our team, and they refuse to join another call. We prefer to deal only with you—you get things done.” Fast forward to Month Seven, and after months of work on a major website redesign, my boss decided the project was worthless. His decision was based on what a buddy told him over breakfast. He declared the website was now “priority one,” and we had to fly to the marketing firm to finish it in two days.
Though we were deflated, I boarded the plane thinking we could salvage the situation. But what unfolded was nothing short of chaos.
Stop Yes Chick Behavior: The Breaking Point
Day One began with my boss delivering a lengthy company history, filled with technical jargon. We didn’t get around to discussing the website at all. By the end of the day, we were no closer to finishing the project.
Day Two came, and the web team didn’t even show up. They were so frustrated with my boss’s monologue that they opted out. So there we were—just my boss and me. Instead of making progress, we spent hours rehashing old conversations about the company’s future and budget—topics we had discussed many times before.
At that moment, I realized I was equally responsible for my future and my role. I decided it was time to stop Yes Chick behavior.
Taking Control: How I Stopped Yes Chick Behavior
I paused the conversation and suggested we conduct an “Aggravation Auger” to address what wasn’t working—not just in the conversation, but in my professional role.
That moment changed everything. We had an open, honest discussion that deepened our working relationship. From that day on, December 8, 2009, we worked more effectively. We also created what we now call our House Rules of Engagement—guidelines to ensure productive communication.
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