Precious
Occasionally you meet people at the top of organisations that confuse their own ego with the objectives of the organisation.Somehow they are precious; they see their talent or capability, as being outside or independent of the normal processes that work for the organisation. One of the commonest manifestations of this is the CEO that acknowledges the value of appraisals for all employees – all employees that is except himself / herself and maybe one or two others.
This isn’t a crime because self esteem, self confidence and self belief are all important attributes of senior executives, but they can take a while to mature in varying degrees and varying areas for all of us.
It’s just that there can be a very fine line between the “I” statement and the “we” statement. When we get past this point, we cease to be precious about our own talent because we know that whatever it is, it will be of greater value when it is aligned with the talent of others.
posted by Tim @ 9:57 AM
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