Lily
Lily
Aug 9, 2017 · 1 min read

“I need to be very clear here: not only was nearly everything you said in that document wrong, the fact that you did that has caused significant harm to people across this company, and to the company’s entire ability to function. And being aware of that kind of consequence is also part of your job, as in fact it would be at pretty much any other job. I am no longer even at the company and I’ve had to spend half of the past day talking to people and cleaning up the mess you’ve made.”

This is exactly what far too few people, men and women, don’t understand about workplaces, particularly #3.

No one is anywhere to just do their job or ensure a subordinate is doing their job. Everyone is in an organization to ensure that everyone around them — colleague, client, multi-agency partner, etc — is successful. Your job is helping everyone you work with to be the best human they can be, and, in so doing, help them be the best worker they can be.

Thank you for writing this article and generally being what is most likely an excellent human.

    Lily

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