【2013-08-26，一】ESL Podcast 924 – Getting Access to Important People

Find out how to make friends in high places in this episode. Tags: Business Audio Index: Slow dialog: 1:08 Explanations: 3:22 Fast dialog: 15:44 Camile: That is a really good idea. Nathan: Thanks, but there’s no way I can get past all of the gatekeepers in this company to get access to the president. He’s the only one who can green-light a project like this. Camile: Can’t you present it to your boss first? Nathan: If I bring the idea to my immediate supervisor, she’ll either take it over or nix it. Camile: What you need to do is to get the ear of one of his advisors and do an end-run around the other managers. Nathan: I’m not sure how I can do that. I don’t know any of the advisors in the president’s inner circle. We don’t exactly travel in the same circles, you know. Camile: How’s your jump shot? Nathan: Why do you ask? Camile: My cousin works at the same gym where that the company president goes to exercise. Sometimes he likes to play a game of pick- up basketball, often one-on-one. If you got a call from my cousin when he’s there, you might be able to be get there quickly and be in the right place at the right time. Nathan: You mean talk business on the courts? Camile: Sure, isn’t that how real deals get made? Nathan: You might have an idea there. Camile: Yes, but one piece of advice: Let him win! Script by Dr. Lucy Tse