What do Bosses and Workers have in Common?
by Miki Saxon
These days, the executive position most fraught with the danger of Internet blood-letting, not to mention being fired, is that of CISO (chief information security officer) as this joke making the rounds confirms.
A new security officer who meets his predecessor, who hands him three numbered envelopes and tells him to open them in an emergency. After a breach, the new security officer opens the first envelope. The message reads, Blame your predecessor. After a second breach, he opens the second, which suggests, Blame your staff. After a third breach, the security officer opens the third envelope. The message reads, Prepare three envelopes.
Although the joke can be fatuous or ironic depending on your situation, the advice isn’t new; it’s what bosses have been doing for centuries.
Not just bosses, but workers, too.
It’s called not taking responsibility—blame others and when that doesn’t work leave for a different venue and do it again.
In short, bad bosses/workers blame others.
Good bosses/workers take responsibility and change/fix their actions.
Which are you?
Flickr image credit: Ilovebeingmema
