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Go around your boss
You might wonder why a website about integrity and
truth-telling
would advise going around your boss, behind his/her back, to resolve a
persistent problem?
Premises:
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A problem persists because it's not being defined accurately.
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It works to talk with the person with whom you have an
incomplete rather
than cause the problem to persist another 24-hours. If you continue
to share your considerations non-verbally, you
will begin to notice poor performances, accidents, broken agreements,
and goals not met.
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All (yes
all)
withholds between employees affect everyone's outcomes (at home and work).
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To listen to (to create space for) another to trash-talk your boss is to thwart the person you are counting upon to prosper you. "Have you
told ...?" is what works.
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A child who is misbehaving or failing is school is communicating, as best
they know how, that they are not in-communication with anyone; they
are dragging around one or more significant thoughts (withholds)
into each interaction with everyone. Everyone around
the child has lapsed into doing his/her
imitation
of communication.
Ideally, an employee would talk about a problem with ones immediate
supervisor; however, most employees have only taken high school or
college speech courses so they only have an understanding about
the correlation between personal integrity and outcomes. Most are stuck
blaming their boss for .... Few employees know that badmouthing the boss
behind his/her back causes accidents, broken agreements, missed goals
and sales objectives; rare is the Police Chief who knows the community
has no choice other than to mirror the integrity of the department, that
incomplete reports and infidelity within the department affects the
community.
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