Huh?
I’ve been in senior executive positions for 13 years now, and I can’t count the number of times even now that I have to go “huh?” when someone else in an executive role tells me something.
I must really be ignorant, because even after they explain to me why something is the way they say it has to be, I’m still left wondering why in the world it’s done that way.
Either common sense rules just don’t apply in the world we live in today with the rules we’re require to live by today, or maybe, just maybe, the rules can be explained in a way to hide the inadequate support that came from the person or team that’s trying to explain it away and the explanation is an excuse to hide what otherwise could only be considered poor support from the person or team making the excuse?
The “love your brother” side of me says that it couldn’t possibly be the latter…it must be a perfectly explainable event that only I can’t possibly understand. The “you got to be kidding me” side of me says that too often today people try to mask mistakes or complete inaction by hiding behind some definition that seems to match the situation but in no way explains away the action or lack thereof that was taken.
I long for the day where people act because it’s the right thing to do and not just because somebody triggers the event with something they have to get done. I also long for the day where people look forward and do what’s right for the organization rather that push it aside and hope that it can be handled sometime downstream by someone else who might actually care and get the job done.
Ok…done venting.
Or maybe not.