This has been a very interesting week.\u00a0 Work is getting tougher and tougher as we approach a major deadline but I’m enjoying it tremendously.\u00a0 However, there are a number of challenges in our project that need to be addressed.<\/p>\n
Surprisingly, we had a forum where our executive leadership allowed us to discuss our problems.\u00a0 I thought it was a great idea.\u00a0 However, there were two unexpected outcomes:
\n– I discovered that there were people suffering from the same challenges who had not been vocal about it before.\u00a0 This was very reassuring.
\n– The people who had been vocal about problems did not want to speak up.\u00a0 This was incredibly disconcerting.<\/p>\n
I asked my question to leadership and they addressed it as well as they could.\u00a0 It seemed like they were recording my thoughts for future action.\u00a0 This made me happy.\u00a0 However, right after the meeting, I felt worried.\u00a0 Many of my peers felt like the forum was not the right place<\/A> to discuss certain problems and that specific questions would be “career limiting moves”.<\/p>\n I feel like I made the right decision in voicing my concerns but I appreciate the challenge that executives face when searching for feedback.\u00a0 How do you create an environment where concerns can be heard while people do not feel threatened? <\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This has been a very interesting week.\u00a0 Work is getting tougher and tougher as we approach a major deadline but I’m enjoying it tremendously.\u00a0 However, there are a number of challenges in our project that need to be addressed. Surprisingly, we had a forum where our executive leadership allowed us to discuss our problems.\u00a0 I … Continue reading Leadership and Feedback<\/span>