Failure To Communicate

A great blog item from the Fast Company blog. In essence a list of 20 common faults.

And a list of 4 things to do to begin resolving them.

I took it a step further after reading item 6: “Telling the world how smart we are”. I do that all the time. And why not, I’m smarter than most people, I’m telling you!

I collected the 20 faults and pasted them into a table that fit nicely onto a letter-sized sheet, printed it off on white card stock, then guillotined it into 20 separate small cards that fit easily in my shirt pocket.

Then each time I sat down to lunch with a friend or close colleague I asked them to select the three (of twenty) cards which THEY thought best described me.

Interesting.

After six such polls I tallied the scores and ranked the cards.

That’s how I KNOW you all know how smart I am!

If you’d like a copy of the cards, send me an email.

Talk to Me!

Just Call Them up!

It’s been 6 weeks since the firm has sent me any pick-up work writing Word/VBA code, and frankly I’m worried that I’ve said or done something wrong.

It’s been bugging me.

This form is not known for its great corporate communications. It is quite possible that someone, somehow, has taken offence and no one can be bothered telling me the gig is over.

A good friend has been bugging me ‘So, call them and find out!”.

I’ve been too scared.

What if they don’t want me any more?

Finally logic kicks in.

You Know What?

If they really are through with me, it’ll come out in the first 60 seconds, and I can say, calmly and politely “Thank you for letting me know”, and there’s an end to it.

If, on the other hand, it’s just a seasonal slow-down, then I can sleep again at night time.

I Called

It’s a seasonal slow-down. School started up yesterday; everybody’s back from vacation, ...

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