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The possibility for healthy candor is the result of a trusting relationship. In the absence of trust, one often needs to resort to passive, blameless, less dir
by andrei_says_ 2y ago
The possibility for healthy candor is the result of a trusting relationship.
In the absence of trust, one often needs to resort to passive, blameless, less direct language.
So I work on creating the trust and noting where it is impossible so I can adjust.
Who defaults to corporate speak is often an indication to how much they can be trusted.
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- anal_reactor 2y agoYes, precisely. I can only be direct with someone if I trust that they won't get mad and will focus on the core of my message.
- cam_l 2y agoYeah, nah. Those who default to corporate speak are those who have no power to speak plainly. Sometimes they have no power because they cannot be trusted. But more often it's because whoever they report to cannot be trusted, and maybe also they don't trust whoever they are speaking to. And to drill down into this a little further, the process of building trust is one where you each show the other person that the longer term relationship (personal or professional) is more important than any short term gains you might get by using their plain speaking against them. It is harder to do with a power imbalance, because one person isn't risking as much as the other.