Not Everything Asked of You at Work Is Logical
One day, a long time ago, in 1991 to be exact, my direct manager said to me:
“I am not upset that you were absent on Monday because you were sick. I am upset that on Sunday you did not tell me you would be sick on Monday and would not come to work.”
I paused for a moment, not to reply, but to understand.
How can I be asked to predict what cannot be predicted and what I do not know?
I left that conversation with a real lesson:
Not everything asked of you at work is logical, but the danger is being expected to treat it as if it were.
The management wisdom:
When logic loses its place in expectations, the real problem begins in the culture, not in the performance.
When logic loses its place in expectations, the real problem begins in the culture, not in the performance.
What do you think?
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