Soul Surgery – Coming Clean with Colleagues
“A great place to work is one in which you trust the people you work for, have pride in what you do, and enjoy the people you work with.” — Robert Levering, Co-Founder, Great Place to Work ® Valid and relevant this statement may be, but is it always the case? Because we’re human and each created profoundly differently – full of foibles, preconceptions, pride, and perceptions, there are bound to be clashes. There’s a ‘rubbing up the wrong way.’ Subtle innuendoes can lead to scratchiness and hidden hurts that if left undealt with, like weeds, begin to choke relationships between boss and employee, or even teams. When there is deep hurt, all the buzzwords and rhetoric in the world won’t cut it. ‘Transparency,’ ‘trust indexes’ and ‘culture audits,’ ‘policies’ and ‘practices’ mean nothing when deep rifts between individuals or teams remain unchecked. At this point, we have the option to ignore the issue at hand and let it fester or worse still, discuss the so-called offender with other colleagues. We can allow pride, a …
