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I have to take a 'psychological employment profile test...
HowToBe:
--- Quote from: liffy on March 31, 2012, 10:29:20 PM ---On a less serious note; your nickname combined with this topic is rather funny :lol:
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Ha! :D
The current situation is that the manager who was working with me is away on a trip for a while, and apparently the application system won't allow me to take the test again for 10 days. She said she was going to see if she could send me an email that would allow me to retake the test, but I never received it, so it seems I may need to wait a week. I'll keep working on it and other things and tell ya'll how it goes. ;)
Mac:
Thanks, HowToBe and those who responded for this thread. Now, I understand why the managers don't like me at work. It should have been easy to see. I let my intelligence show too much!
I sometimes point out why their policies don't work very well thinking that they would want to know so that we can have better results. Shame on me for wanting to be helpful. I can see, now, how it is annoying to them to have someone point out the obvious. Especially, when other employees are listening.
I can also see that it isn't going to improve. Their latest big policy changes are supposed to increase sales and a feeling of being on a team, not individually motivated. The whole thing looks like a recipe for disaster to me. Dumbing down, more corporate control will have the results they always have.
Mac
Megan:
--- Quote from: Mac on April 01, 2012, 01:46:10 PM ---...I sometimes point out why their policies don't work very well thinking that they would want to know so that we can have better results. Shame on me for wanting to be helpful. I can see, now, how it is annoying to them to have someone point out the obvious. Especially, when other employees are listening...
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That doesn't sound very adaptive on your part. When you are working with someone you need to put away the baseball bat and start from where the other person is now. The book Just Listen by Mark Goulston contains much practical information about what to do and not do with anyone, from a friend to a psychopath (his advice for working with the latter: "Run!"). You might find it interesting.
Mrs. Peel:
--- Quote from: Megan on April 01, 2012, 06:16:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mac on April 01, 2012, 01:46:10 PM ---...I sometimes point out why their policies don't work very well thinking that they would want to know so that we can have better results. Shame on me for wanting to be helpful. I can see, now, how it is annoying to them to have someone point out the obvious. Especially, when other employees are listening...
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That doesn't sound very adaptive on your part. When you are working with someone you need to put away the baseball bat and start from where the other person is now. The book Just Listen by Mark Goulston contains much practical information about what to do and not do with anyone, from a friend to a psychopath (his advice for working with the latter: "Run!"). You might find it interesting.
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Well, nobody likes a know-it-all, and I may not care for somebody pointing out what I'm doing wrong in front of others either, depending on the way it was presented. The higher up on the corporate ladder they are, the less they like having "mistakes" pointed out. Yeesh, if I went around here doing that, I'd be next on the layoff list! ;)
Megan:
--- Quote from: Mrs. Peel on April 02, 2012, 07:59:13 PM ---...Well, nobody likes a know-it-all, and I may not care for somebody pointing out what I'm doing wrong in front of others either, depending on the way it was presented. The higher up on the corporate ladder they are, the less they like having "mistakes" pointed out. Yeesh, if I went around here doing that, I'd be next on the layoff list! ;)
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It depends on the result you are seeking. If what you want is to be "right" about it then go ahead and do whatever comes to mind. If you are seeking to promote actual change within the organization and you are dealing with this kind of person then something more subtle and adaptive would seem to be called for.
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