Little Known Ways On How To Deal With Rude Executives
Money rules in the business world and many high powered executives will stomp on any worker bee that dares get in their way. Especially in the way of that coveted country club membership or top of the line walnut trimmed BMW.
And in order to further protect their empire they enlist troops (usually friends) below them who are like minded. They too will also stomp on anyone threatening their own little empires. Their coveted prize is usually the smaller non-walnut trimmed BMW.
My father was a great manager (people told me this all the time). He was fair, helpful, caring and a great mentor. One day he was transferred to another department and a posse of ruthless managers couldn’t stand that he was making them look bad. So they ganged up and through white lies and deceits, managed to get him shoved into a dead end job. My father is bitter to this day. Bitterness is not a good way to deal with tyrannical executives.
I worked in the ultra stressed environment of aerospace purchasing, where purchasing quality items meant the plane would stay in the air. Buying spare parts late, meant receiving letters from Japan Airways threatening monetary penalties of $154,000 an hour. They did not like to have all their Boeing 747`s grounded. Those Japanese can be so fussy.
I was good at my job, bordering on great some days.
One day I was given a brand spanking new 20 something hotshot manager, parachuted in by his VP buddy. I could see that they had just taken the factory seal off him. Oh joy. And one day a supplier in France complained that their PO was late. So hot shot brought me in his office, chewed me out and then threatened to suspend me. *cricket chirp* I burst out laughing and after blowing my nose and wiping the tears from my eyes, I told him to get a reality check. France wasn’t about to slide back into the medieval ages because of a day old late PO. Or were they?
So laughing at tyrants definitely disarms them. What are they going to do? Go to HR and say, so and so laughed at me?
Another high powered executive (they called him little Hitler) told my boss that I walked too slow and leaned against the wall when I talked to him. This was an easy one to fix. I walked faster. I walked so fast that the same executive started calling me The Tiger. I’m not making this up. I liked being The Tiger. When I see slow walking people in the office I now feel sorry for them. They don’t have a snappy nick name like I had. So walk faster in front of tyrants, wave pieces of paper around and only lean on walls during a heart attack. Seriously.
Recap
1. Don’t let tyrants leave you bitter in your later years.
2. Laughing at tyrants works well but always chose the right time.
3. Always look like you are dealing with a world crisis when passing by a tyrant. You just might get that coveted nick name.
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Terry Vermeylen is one of those rare people that is passionately driven to help others unlock their own barriers toward fulfillment, meaning and purpose. He is the founder of http://www.mylifechanges.com/, an Internet value identification and goal setting enterprise.
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