November 28, 2007This Week in the World: If Speaking Strong was easy, everyone would do it…and…if everyone Spoke Strong, Speaking Strong would be easy.
According to Jared Sandberg of The Wall Street Journal, many managers lie on performance reviews because if they rate someone below standards, it’s a reflection on them.
According to William Lerach of The Washington Post, there’s a conspiracy of silence in boardrooms when CEOs resign in disgrace. The executives leave in grand style because remaining board members want to protect their own hides.
“A conspiracy of silence.” Cynthia Fitzgerald missed the stay-silent-to-protect-yourself memo. She investigated and complained about bid-rigging practices in her organization, was given a bad performance review and eventually shown the door. She is now conducting a whistle-blower lawsuit.
Fitzgerald valued her job, but she rocked the boat anyway. Why? Because what she was expected to do “was wrong. And I knew it was wrong.”
So did many of her colleagues, but they played it “safe” and looked the other way.
If Speaking Strong was easy, everyone would do it.
And if everyone Spoke Strong, Speaking Strong would be easy.
Let’s all Speak Strong so the Cynthia Fitzgeralds in the world won’t be out in the open with no one to cover them when they do what’s right.
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