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Well said! At the same time, it's sad to live in the world were being honest and straightforward pays off so poorly.
by kvark 7y ago
Well said! At the same time, it's sad to live in the world were being honest and straightforward pays off so poorly.
- HeyLaughingBoy 7y agoOne person's straightforward is another person's rude. Delivery matters!
- brokenmachine 7y agoIf we're talking about what's best for the company, then only the relevance of the facts should matter. Up to a certain point, of course. But all this talk of how to deliver information so the recipient feels nice about receiving bad feedback (shit sandwiches and such) shouldn't matter.
- Joe-Z 7y agoIf you find a company that‘s run by robots instead of people you might get what you advocate for
- basch 7y agoIts very possible for one person in a meeting to be ahead of everyone else, and that they need to sit back and let the rest of the room organically catch up. Sometimes it feels like its your place to either "get everyone on the same page" or "move forward because we are stuck in a rut" but actually youre just being disruptive to everyone elses learning. Nothing at all to do with feelings.
- FussyZeus 7y agoTo a point. While any given speaker should always endeavor to deliver their point for maximum effectiveness, by the same token, discounting or outright ignoring feedback simply because it's worded poorly or timed poorly is like rejecting your paycheck because it's printed on green paper instead of white. The money is still there, and it's still usable, and you're only hurting yourself because it didn't come how you thought it should. Frankly, as someone who leads a team myself, yeah I've had to take colleagues aside and say "this isn't how we do things" but I certainly wouldn't just bin their entire point without consideration to save "face."