Tag: being a good leader

If You Break Your Word…

I watched a horror movie
yesterday.

I don’t like horror movies.
At all.

But I told a loved one
if he couldn’t find anyone else
to watch it with him,
I’d go with him.

He couldn’t find anyone else
to watch it with him.
I went with him.

Because I gave him my word
and if I ‘changed my mind’,
he’d rightly know
my word was worthless.

I value his trust.
I watched the horror movie
(with my eyes partially covered
the entire time).

If you break your word,
your vows or your promises,
you also break trust.
FOREVER.

Remember that.

Banning A Result Isn’t Leadership

A manager told a friend
he will no longer
tolerate her
arriving at the office
after 8 am.

She now lies to him,
telling him
she WAS in the office.
She was merely in a meeting
or picking up supplies
or he must have missed her.

His ‘solution’
didn’t solve the problem.
It made the situation worse.

My friend still has to drop
her child off
at childcare no earlier
than 7:30 am,
which makes getting to the office
by 8 am impossible.

But now, she is forced
to sneak around
and lie about it.

If we’re not
addressing the true problem,
we’re merely making
the situation worse.

Banning a result
isn’t leadership.
Look at why
something is happening.