The “wise Latina” comments about Sotomayor spurred me to give you a critical tip for effective meetings. Individual or group. This is not just for you female business owners because you male owners need to know how to be a wise Latino. You’ll see.
Wise Latina: The press is having a ball with this. I think all out of context, but hey, I’m just a beaner researcher, not a Supreme Court nominee.
Your lesson. Straight out of my Mexican Worker Secrets bag of tricks starting on page 68. (Use it for your next political argument-my treat)
Mexican workers give cult-like respect to hierarchy. Hierarchy and how it helps or hinders you with Mexican workers has its own chapter. What you need to know quickly, if you haven’t read my books or heard me speak, is because of this phenomenom you must assume the role of the calm “wise” Aunt or Uncle or Mother or Father in order to have the most effective meetings.
Now I’m not going to get into all the background as to the additional “whys” of why this works. I explain the nitty-gritty in my programs.
So here we go.
1. Be the calm wise Aunt or Uncle. Mexicans would never disrespect the Aunt or Uncle or Mother or Father. If you are going into a meeting completed pissed off, figure out how to calm yourself down and NOT show the “I’m raging mad” look on your face. If your style doesn’t allow you to calm down or at least have the right poker face, get some training if you are serious about your success.
2. TURN OFF the CrackBerry, WalkieTalkie, Push to Talk devices. Make it obvious you are turning the devices off.
3. REMOVE your watch. Again, make it obvious you are doing this.
These 3 things show your workers you RESPECT the time TOGETHER with them. This is a BIG deal in the Mexican culture.
Your workers feel and see the respect. This is a way to develop the cult-like following where your workers will do anything for you.
I’d like to hear from you, comment on this!
Emeric
