Did you watch the Sunday Morning Show last week on CBS? We always watch the Sunday Morning Show. Love it.

If you saw last week's show, you caught the piece they did on k.d. lang. Here is the part that struck me. They were talking about the album k.d. did with Tony Bennett and how it came about. they interviewed Tony Bennett. Apparently Tony has been a big fan of k.d.'s work. They were both backstage at an awards show and Tony walked up to k.d. and said (I am doing this from memory, so it might not be a perfect quote):

"Hello, I am Tony Bennett, I am a big fan of your work, and I would love to work with you sometime."

This struck me because Tony Bennett does not need to say, "I'm Tony Bennett" backstage at a music awards show where everyone surely knows who he is. What a wonderful and humble approach!

Second, I can only imagine how wonderful k.d. felt to have a legendary crooner walk up to her and tell her he was a fan of her work and that he wanted to work with her.

This got me thinking. Some of you are like Tony Bennett in the workplace - more experienced, perhaps even legendary. When was the last time you humbly walked up to a new talent and told him or her that you admire his or her work and that you would love to work together on a project one day?

What would happen if you did this?


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