Thursday, April 26, 2007

The Word Not Spoken

There will be some things left unsaid today.


A supervisor will forget to give credit to the team that just saved his career.


An executive will not correct a peer when blame is unfairly placed on one of the executive's subordinates.


No one on the promotion board will dare mention to one of the candidates that her advancement is being blocked by a vindictive manager.


Not a single member of the executive inner circle will tell the CEO that his "walk-throughs" at the plant are meaningless because he intimidates the employees into silence.


On the other hand:


A manager will refrain from telling an eager, new supervisor that the creative idea he so enthusiastically proposed probably won't work.


An employee won't tell the team that a co-worker made an embarrassing blooper at a professional conference.


A co-worker will refuse to pass along gossip.


An executive will decide to listen more than talk.

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