If you??™re being dismissed outright, back off and try again another time. You never
know what may be driving your manager??™s rejection. It could be because he believes
you??™re wrong, won??™t succeed, or are incapable. It could also be because he just got yelled
at by his manager, because he??™s having troubles at home, and so on.
It also may be useful to simply start working on your disaster recovery plan within
the context of the databases you support and come to your manager with examples in
hand. It??™s much easier to see the value in something when you have something concrete
to look at. This approach also gives your manager something concrete to show his manager,
making it easier for him to approve whatever time you need to spend on disaster
recovery planning.
ExecutiveManagement
You should only need to approach executive management in an extreme situation. Even
if the meeting is successful, approaching executive management has consequences.
You??™ll probably alienate most of your coworkers by going above their heads.
Above all, make sure you know your organization well enough to know if you will
even be taken seriously.
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