Thinking back... I have been blessed in my career. Thank you God. I have been fortunate enough to be able to work well with most people I have known in my career. I say most as there are always exceptions. And in my many years of work I have been leading for over 15 years. And in that 15 years there were a handful of people who are an absolute pain where the sun don't shine.
Today someone Skyped me... he was feeling demotivated... all over a terminology. J was really down. J works in Kuantan.
Today someone Skyped me... he was feeling demotivated... all over a terminology. J was really down. J works in Kuantan.
Yesterday, or was it the day before... someone else Skyped me confessing her boo-boo of not checking a document properly before sending it out to a group of people and that document had performance scores of that group. L works in Kuantan too... L felt bad as she had not checked the document properly. She didn't create the document, someone else did. The company had got someone to propose a system of grading its employees to determine their worth and growth capacity with the company in the coming years. A succession plan as it is generally called. This guy chooses the word 'Cash Cow' for a consistent and performing employee with great potential while the employee who had great potential but inconsistent was termed a 'Problem Child'. J was classified as a Problem Child... which he is. He can perform... just choosy with whom he performs for.
So, he told me how he felt about it and I eventually gave him my honest 2 sen... and by the end of it, he accepted what I had told him.... which was essentially the truth and that he was indeed a Problem Child so to speak as he was inconsistent. I reminded him that he has an obligation and responsibility to his team and he cannot just think of himself and he has to disengage his feelings as he always allows his emotions to get the better of him at work. And I also told him, personally... I'd rather someone call me a Child then a Cow... don't you think so? So what is you're a CASH Cow... you're still a COW. I may be a Problem CHILD but at least I am a CHILD and children make mistakes and are always learning. A cow? Moo...
So, like I said in the beginning... all over a terminology. J says he likes talking to me as I do not take sides as opposed to his peers over there. Well, yes... I don't take sides but I am very blunt in my counsel too. So, if you can't stomach the truth then don't ask.
So, he told me how he felt about it and I eventually gave him my honest 2 sen... and by the end of it, he accepted what I had told him.... which was essentially the truth and that he was indeed a Problem Child so to speak as he was inconsistent. I reminded him that he has an obligation and responsibility to his team and he cannot just think of himself and he has to disengage his feelings as he always allows his emotions to get the better of him at work. And I also told him, personally... I'd rather someone call me a Child then a Cow... don't you think so? So what is you're a CASH Cow... you're still a COW. I may be a Problem CHILD but at least I am a CHILD and children make mistakes and are always learning. A cow? Moo...
So, like I said in the beginning... all over a terminology. J says he likes talking to me as I do not take sides as opposed to his peers over there. Well, yes... I don't take sides but I am very blunt in my counsel too. So, if you can't stomach the truth then don't ask.
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