NonsenseAtWork
By James McIntosh
For more, visit nonsenseatwork.com
NonsenseAtWorkMar 02, 2021
Trigger Question #26: Did You Misinterpret Reality Again?
When we make mistakes in interpreting reality, we respond ineffectively. Or we behave inappropriately. Or misbehave. Or all three.
Insight #303: Before Whining and Firing, Aim To Manage Wrong Into Right
You are a manager. You are supposed to manage problems into successes. Not successes into problems. So, before you start your whining and firing, be very sure that there is no way for you to manage the “wrong one” into being a “right one”.
Trigger Question #25: Did you create sense or nonsense?
Every time you encounter nonsense, you are free to decide whether you see “sense” or “non-sense.” You are, indeed, the creator of nonsense. Or of sense. Your choice.
Insight #302: Why Fairness at Work Is Seldom Fair
Surprise, surprise, research shows we are far more sensitive to being under-rewarded than over-rewarded. So we shouldn't be so hard on the what's-in-it-for-me generation.
Trigger Question #24: Did You Pick the Right Tone of Voice?
We read words. But we hear tone of voice.
Trigger Question #23: Was Your Justice Visible?
It matters little whether others know you corrected someone who has done something wrong. But it matters much when others don't know whether you disciplined someone for doing a wrong thing.
Insight #301: You Might Benefit From Paying a Little More
Fairness is a matter of perception and individuals can perceive inequity if they feel under-rewarded and, surprisingly, if they feel over-rewarded.
Trigger Question #22: Did you ask the right question?
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Insight 300: How To Deal With Those Who Climb Mountains Where There Are None
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Trigger Question #21: Did You Make Your Intentions Clear?
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Trigger Question #20: Did You Work on Your Plan B? And on Your Plan C?
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Insight #299: Being Ahead Does Not Make You a Leader
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Trigger Question #19: What Do You Do When the Going Gets Tough?
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Insight #298: How To Recognize Real Change When You See It
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Trigger Question #18: Do You Choose To Be Pre-Stressed or Flat-Bedded?
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Insight #297: This Is the Moment You Like Your Work Enough To Make It Matter
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Insight #296: Please Hold, Your Suggestion Is Unimportant to Us
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Trigger Question #17: Who had you covered, but got your back up?
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Trigger Question #16: Were You Hostile or Just Angry?
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Trigger Question #15: Have You Kicked an Employee Lately?
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Insight #295: Face the Right Way or Back Into the Wrong Problem
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Trigger Question #14: Did You See Differently or Your Same Old Same Old?
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Insight #294: The Evolved Way To Survive Is To Simplify Your Focus
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Trigger Question #13: Are You Aiming To Win or Trying Not To Lose?
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Trigger Question #12: Who Do You Feed When You Give Feedback?
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Insight #293: Find the Time To Make Your Point Quickly
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Trigger Question #11: How Did You Treat Others This Week?
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Insight #292: Getting Fired Began With Adam and Eve, but It Still Hurts
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Trigger Question #10: What’s your attitude now that your vote is history?
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Trigger Question #9: What Wise Thing Did You Do?
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Insight #291: The Secret to Making This a More Meaningful Year
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Trigger Question #8: Did You Drop Any History This Week?
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Insight #290: How To Decide How To Decide
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Trigger Question #7: Did You Pick the Right Mask for the Moment?
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Trigger Question #6: Do You Zoom Out to Recharge?
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Insight #289: Want To Succeed? Don’t Zigzag. Weave.
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Trigger Question #5: Did You Follow Your Gut or Your Heart?
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Insight #288: Don’t Be Resolute. Aim for the Power of the Easy Way.
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Trigger Question #4: What worried you away from doing your job?
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Trigger Question #3: What's the point of the Trigger Question?
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Insight #287: Your Formula for Failure Will Trigger Success
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Insight #286: More Might Be Merrier, but It's Often Less
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Insight #285: When Knowing More Could Mean Less
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Insight #284: It’s Over Once You Celebrate
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Trigger Question #2: Did you argue to win or to be right?
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Trigger Question #1: Were you prejudiced or pre-judging?
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Insight #283: Disappointed by the Low Price of Beauty
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#282: There Is No Art to Cleaning Fouled Communication
The annual office festivities are returning. Unless, of course, you still WFH, in which case you will be PAT (partying at home). Annual office parties always remind me of this true story from way back in 2015. (Maybe I can't forget it because modern art befuddles me. Maybe because corporate communication baffles me. Maybe because cleaning ladies are privy (ha!) to secrets. Maybe all the above.)
#218: This simple financial strategy works wonders when times are bad. Or good.
In case the threat of recession does not recede, heed this radical advice: Don’t be seduced by fancy financials. Just follow the (real) money.
#280: Success Comes From Lobbying in the Lobby
Here's my favorite definition of politics, from Merriam-Webster: Politics is "the art or science of government."
Why is it my favorite? Because it not only applies to countries, counties and municipalities. It also applies to organizations. The art of leadership might get all the attention, but if a leader cannot govern....
And surprise, surprise. Lobbying is a huge part of governing well. But only if those who lobby know how to lobby well.