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I will admit that my current favorite is going forward. Story time. My direct report likes to challenge things. There is value to it, but it can and does get ex
by A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
I will admit that my current favorite is going forward. Story time. My direct report likes to challenge things. There is value to it, but it can and does get exhausting since he challenges relatively pointless things apart from occasional useful thing. This one time he challenged my boss over some minor interpretation of procedures, where boss was the final recipient of a report. I tried to gently steer him away, but no go. Anyway, eventually my boss got tired of the back and forth of challenges and said "going forward, this is how it will be done". The report, not yet fluent in corporate speak did not get the hint and responded with an equivalent of "no. stupid. we should only do it the way we have always done it." Going forward, he challenges me a little less now too.
- aflag 6y agoWhat does "going forward, this is how it will be done" mean? I'm not fluent in corporate speak myself.
- gnicholas 6y ago"From now on"
- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y agoAbsolutely accurate. In my little corner of the world, there is an additional hint of meaning there along the lines of "Whatever was done previously was done incorrectly/wrong/not the way I like it, but(/and) I am not willing to spend more time on it so here is what I want to do it instead." People can get defensive when you say things were done the wrong way directly. Hence, 'going forward' and not 'This is wrong'.
- tylerrobinson 6y agoAnd the corporate-speak stays in use because having all that subtext immediately understood is helpful. For your everyday issues, it’s good teamwork and emotionally intelligent to let past mistakes go, avoid pointing out others’ mistakes, and set a new goal.
- loopz 6y agoThe next mistake is always paradise sprinkled in magic faerie dust.
- teeray 6y agoOr alternatively, in the style of the post: “Henceforth, I decree procedures shall be as such:”