Comments on: How to Be a Joy to Work With

By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:33:23 +0000

In reply to BJ.

BJ: Do you really think she was trying to be difficult and to sabotage your work?
I wouldn’t write off all left-brained folks because of this experience. They can usually be an excellent sidekick to the right-brained approach.
So, what will your strategies be the next time because you will have to work with l-b folks again?

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:30:29 +0000

In reply to Dee.

Good synopsis, Dee.

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By: BJ

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:27:46 +0000

I recently did a collaborative 2 week event with a new person I hadn’t worked with before. She was very professional,but had some participants different from what I usually draw. One particular person was very left brain and going thru some personal crisis. Nothing would satisfy except to tell her how to get from A-Z step by step. Since my process is creative visualization, it made for some awkward moments that affected the entire group, much as we tried to buffer.I followed thru to the end,despite the sabotage.
I hope to say I have learned from this, but as an extremely right brain person, it’s a challenge to encounter people so bent on being difficult.
Mom used to say ‘you have every right to disagree, but not to be disagreeable’ I’m really going to think about some coping strategies in case I should find myself in a similar situation.

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By: Dee

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:23:18 +0000

What makes me happy to work with someone is that they follow through with what they commit to. It’s a plus if they do a quality job as well but sometimes it comes down to just delivering the item/product on time. I used to run a small magazine and not every article was fantastic, maybe a few of them were, the rest would be considered filler. But the filler is important, too. Someone has to do it.
It also helps when people have enthusiasm and positive attitude about what they are contributing to. If they aren’t into it, it shows. So I would adjust accordingly and offer choices to people who wrote and give them flexibility in content/subjects. So I think the strongest factors are: determination, flexibility, adaptability, and enthusiasm.
For me as an “employer” I can tolerate some amount of difficult personality if someone makes quality work, but if they do not have any of the above qualities eventually exhaust me and I give them up (as a sole 1 person run kind of operation)

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:48:04 +0000

In reply to debra disman.

Click on the whole post (the title). There are Sharing icons at the bottom of every post. The last button is “More Options” and that’s where you’ll find LI.
Thanks for asking, Debra!

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By: Elizabeth Anderson

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:23:30 +0000

In reply to Wendy Edsall-Kerwin.

That so strikes a chord with me. I am happy to help artists by featuring their work online and am very thankful when I don’t have to spend extra time looking up info. I can spend more time making the post easy to read and visually pleasing.
It boils down to #3, 4 & 5.

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By: Roopa Dudley

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:04:18 +0000

In reply to Alyson Stanfield.

Exactly. “The League Of Extraordinary Artists”.(Smile).

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By: debra disman

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:03:35 +0000

This is fabulous Alyson!
Thank you.
I am looking for the Linked In share button…did I miss it? Or do you not have that as an option on the Art Biz blog? I love to share your posts! All best, dd

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:29:30 +0000

In reply to Roopa Dudley.

Roopa: So . . . you enjoy working with others who appreciate being part of something bigger – they appreciate collaboration and working for a greater good.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:27:56 +0000

In reply to Wendy Edsall-Kerwin.

Yes! “Make it easy for me to promote them.” I wrote a whole post on this:
https://aaartbizold.wpengine.com/2010/04/makeiteasy.html
And something similar:
https://aaartbizold.wpengine.com/tools-to-promote-your-event.html

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