“You sound like a cat in a vacuum cleaner. Dreadful.”
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When pseudo community fails to work, and there is no progression, the members start to vent their mutual disagreements and differences. The group descends into chaos. It may not sound it, but this is a good thing. People realise that they can no longer ignore their differences. Chaos may look counterproductive but it’s the first genuine step towards reaching community.
It’s all well and good telling your employer that you have an O’level in computer studies, but that doesn’t hold much water if you learnt on a Sinclair Spectrum back in 1986.
One of the pitfalls however, is excessive measurement. As has been said “A pig never got fatter by weighing it”.
Think of an objective you want, then focus on splitting strategy and planning so you understand the difference.
Think about what area of skill or knowledge you want to develop. Then find out who is good at it and figure out a way to ‘hang out’ with them.
Figure out what it costs you in stress, energy, time, and even health. Do you want to keep paying that cost again and again?
Stop. Your mind flagged this idea as interesting for a reason. How could you apply this in your work or your life?
I’ve worked in environments where the communication skills of the management team have been nothing short of non existent. Where my views as an employee were never taken into account and there was absolutely no forum for me to give constructive criticism over the way I felt my manager led the team, how the department was run or how I felt this affected me. For a period of time, I was definitely one unhappy bunny in what was an over flowing rabbit warren of dissent.
Time is what our lives are made of. Failure to use this time properly can have an unnecessary negative impact on our lives. This sounds like such an obvious statement but so many of us are still bumping down those stairs backwards because we can’t see the wood for the trees. It can be hard to find our way out of the thicket without a little help and a point in the right direction.