Building Better Business Teams: Proven Strategies that Get the Best from Your People (Collection) by Blanchard Ken & Barrett Colleen & Russo David & Ross David & Templar Richard

Author:Blanchard, Ken & Barrett, Colleen & Russo, David & Ross, David & Templar, Richard [Blanchard, Ken]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2012-09-04T21:00:00+00:00

17. The Last and Overarching Rule: Tell the Truth! (and a Few Action Items to Grow On)

In the movie A Few Good Men, there is a memorable scene where Tom Cruise, as defense counsel, confronts witness Jack Nicholson, a veteran marine colonel. After they exchange a few barbs, Nicholson baits Cruise, “What do you want!?”

Cruise responds, “I want the truth!”

Nicholson’s comeback is, “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!”

I think of this scene fairly often and smile to myself when I see executives and managers “dumbing down” the messages they give to employees. Truths are “spun” into “company speak” so that what is really going on with a sticky situation is clouded over beyond recognition. Fact is, many people in positions of power and influence just don’t understand that you can’t lie—even little lies, white lies—to the people on whom you depend for success and prosperity. The result is that those people feel as though you don’t think they count. Those people feel as though you think they are stupid, unworthy, and not to be trusted.

“Truth is like the sun. You can block it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.”

—Elvis Presley

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