Chaos in the workplace today. Sensitive egos were bruised, tempers were frayed and all it took was a simple case of inter- departmental miscommunication which could've been easily avoided. The two in question, their respective head-of-departments engaged in a dirty verbal mud slinging match in front of the entire office, putting the rarely-used conference rooms to shame.
Now I work in a small office. There are about 50 staff (give or take a couple)- in about 7 departments. That makes it about 7 odd people with varying skill sets, eating lunch together, gossiping together, going on picnics together and the like. It's also a given that there would be vast differences of opinion amongst them, but none of them so large as to amount to literal slander.
What catalysed the entire showdown was a prejudice in A's mind against B, which coloured his vision and forced him to look at all aspects, all interactions in that grey light.
Why do we allow ourselves to be guided by prejudices? The mark of a true leader is adopting an open mind, objectively analysing each situation and then taking action.
Sad to say, such noble intentions exist in textbooks only.
The real world is dog-eat-dog, crab mentality and much worse than all that combined.
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