How To Protect Yourself From ‘Ambush Managers’
You suddenly get an invitation to your manager’s office for an unscheduled meeting…
You suddenly get an invitation to your manager’s office for an unscheduled meeting. You walk into the room and see a Human Resources representative already seated. You sit down and your manager starts the meeting by explaining that the HR representative is here as a ‘witness’ or a ‘referee’ or ‘to represent the interests of the company’.
Uh oh, sounds like a serious case of Ambush Management. If my suspicion is right, your future career could be in for a significant ‘correction’. So, what should you do next?
Ambush management, up close and personal
In 1999, I was a new employee working in the back office of a mutual fund processing office in Vancouver. I’d previously worked for a major hotel chain, so I quickly discovered I had (in my personal opinion) significantly superior customer service skills than my peers working alongside me in the back office.
