Ensuring Employees ignore you: A Leader's guide
A real quote from a real CEO of a Fortune ranked company: “Don’t field an employee survey—we may need to do something.”
You’re doing a great job already of alienating everyone. Here’s how to finish the job:
1. Presume you’re right.
2. Don’t listen.
3. Don’t investigate.
4. Establish more teams and committees.
5. Launch a new initiative to mitigate the failure of the prior initiative.
6. Assume “cascading” will work or that your memo was read.
7. Blame someone else (preferably a large group critical to your success).
8. Ignore reality when the data contradicts your established position.
9. “Spin.”
10. Hire a consultant. (Just kidding, this actually works.)
You’re doing a great job already of alienating everyone. Here’s how to finish the job:
1. Presume you’re right.
2. Don’t listen.
3. Don’t investigate.
4. Establish more teams and committees.
5. Launch a new initiative to mitigate the failure of the prior initiative.
6. Assume “cascading” will work or that your memo was read.
7. Blame someone else (preferably a large group critical to your success).
8. Ignore reality when the data contradicts your established position.
9. “Spin.”
10. Hire a consultant. (Just kidding, this actually works.)
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Comment by Doug Shaw on October 25, 2009 at 2:17pm -
Hi Warren, uninspiring though the quote may be, I guess I give the CEO points for honesty. My experience shows me there are plenty of people operating at the very top of large organisations who feel the same way but don't have what it takes to go on record, preferring instead to say one thing, and do another. Good fun top ten, love numbers four and five :)
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