“All of us are influencing all the time, we just don’t think about the best way to influence…It doesn’t matter where the workplace is. People need to be savvy about their own individual workplace and who they are.” —STN EXPO Keynote Billi Lee
And while a school or transportation department may call itself
a family, Lee said that savvy involves understanding that the work- place is primarily a business, not a family or friend situation. “Savvy adds a powerful tool to your professional skillset,” Lee ex- plained. “Tat’s a person who becomes more and more aware of their situation, the system in which they work and the people with whom they work—and they figure things out. Ten you begin to strategize your choices and understand the corresponding consequences.” From the school bus driver with suggestions on a route, to the fleet manager who would really like a bus tracking system, to the transportation director who needs a larger budget, influence is a big part of the student transportation world. “All of us are influencing all the time, we just don’t think about the best way to
influence,” Lee said. Being savvy equals being effective, she added. Tis starts with a sense of personal goals and ascertaining how you can work within or influence the system to get what you want out of it. “A lot of times you don’t get to be the one who is actually going to make the change, but you need to know how to influence some people to listen to your ideas,” she advised. “It doesn’t matter where the workplace is. People need to be savvy about their own individual workplace and who they are,” Lee said on the universality of her message. ●
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