Originally Posted by Tvchild_2011:
“Her public speaking roles involved speaking at people which is quite different to communicating and negotiating with people on the same level. People often underestimate how necessary people skills are in business. This appears to be Susan flaw too, although it manifests itself in a different way. Both are used to working for themselves and not answering to anyone. Susan doesn't seem to have enough self awareness and isn't good at articulating the good ideas in her head which results in people thinking she's stupid. And Melody seems to only value her own contribution and misses the bigger picture as a result.”
“Her public speaking roles involved speaking at people which is quite different to communicating and negotiating with people on the same level. People often underestimate how necessary people skills are in business. This appears to be Susan flaw too, although it manifests itself in a different way. Both are used to working for themselves and not answering to anyone. Susan doesn't seem to have enough self awareness and isn't good at articulating the good ideas in her head which results in people thinking she's stupid. And Melody seems to only value her own contribution and misses the bigger picture as a result.”
I take your point about public speaking although I presume that in the course of creating and building her company she had to communicate and negotiate with people.
