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So look, I’m just a guy in a cube counting down the hours until I can go home and play World of Warcraft with Generation Y or Z, or whatever they’re called by now…
I’m not looking to hob *** with the bigwigs upstairs, but just to do my job. Simple, right? Wrong.
Because somewhere along the yellow brick road management decided we’re all screwed up because our projects are always late… ‘ding,’
and another suit earns their wings. But now get this: the REASON they say we’re late? We’re not emotionally attached…
So Bam! I’m sitting in a training room as some new age trainer asks what color I feel like when a project is late. What color do I feel like? The only color I can think of is green…
as in all the GREEN being flushed away under a shiny rainbow of idiocy. And meanwhile back in the real world, my “to-do” pile keeps getting bigger.
So you wanna know why our projects are late? It’s not because we need some motivational poster hanging on the wall—it’s ‘cause people can’t TALK to each other.
Someone misses a deadline, nobody’s willing to open their pie hole and say anything…
Who’d of thunk it, right? But there it is. So here’s a memo to the big wigs: how ‘bout next time you pull me into training, teach useful skills—
like getting people to TALK to each other, even when it’s awkward or unpopular. Save all those group hugs and “trust falls” for the company picnic.
VitalSmarts. Real skills for real problems.