Ducks in a Row: Sitting on Your Dignity
by Miki SaxonA few years ago I share how a manager turned his organization around by learning to laugh at himself.
Is laughing at oneself becoming a lost art?
Has ideology—management, political, religious—become so entrenched that people are losing their perspective?
99+% of the time you will be better served by sitting on your dignity than by standing on it.
Why?
Because you will learn far more sitting; people will talk to you for the simple reason of believing they will be heard.
Moreover, you will not come off as a pompous ass to your team, which, in the long run, will mean more creativity, higher productivity and less turnover providing you with better reviews, improved compensation, more opportunities, an enhanced career path and a happier life.
So go ahead; sit already.
Flickr image credit: headexplodie
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