Ok - fair warning...this one is going to be a rant! I've had 3 of these little gems today and it's only just past noon...
Why is it that certain people in business think it is appropriate to raise issues and then immediately escalate, make noise, send the hares running, release the cat amongst the pigeons, and just, generally, cause trouble before anything can be done about the problem?
Don't get me wrong. I think that appropriate escalations in business are very necessary when things do go wrong (Hint, people - stuff DOES go wrong) and no one does anything about it but, does anyone think that all the extra activity, angst, non-productivity, running in circles like a headless chook is the right way to resolve problems before there is an opportunity given to sort things out?
There are also serial offenders in this space (you know who you are). You've been around for years...you even existed in 19th century folk tales - they called you Henny Penny or Chicken Little or or some such thing...and, no, the sky STILL isn't falling!
Let's all try to remember to "breathe" before you fire off that email, copying the world, assuring them that doomsday is nye, and that you first think about the damage it is creating to everyone else, their time AND to your reputation.
Now...I'm finished...
No comments:
Post a Comment