The Evil Executive by Simon Maier

Author:Simon Maier
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789814751704
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International

WHAT CAN BE DONE?

NOT MUCH…

Nothing will come of nothing:

speak again.

King Lear, Act I, Scene 1

This is not a cynical piece of advice. Sometimes, the situation is unbelievably awful, but it may just pass. Of course you may not want to let it just pass, and that’s understandable. And doing nothing does not in any way obviate the need to discuss the problem with someone in authority who will listen; but it could be that the evil executive may leave, may be treading ever thinner ground, or may be losing power or support within the organization.

If you are able to look at the executive as a person, seeing his strengths and weaknesses, good traits (if any), you are now ready to understand them—not excuse them or accept them, but understand them a bit more. Such people are who they are and it’s not your job to change them, even if you could. No matter what you do, they are unlikely to change as much as you’d like—if at all. Change only happens when a person wants to change. It is not within your control.

Maturity, in part, means accepting things for what they are. Wasting time being angry at the sky for being blue is crazy. So why waste time being angry with an executive who is harmful to others or to you? Why should you wait to find out? Tolerating abuse is never acceptable. But people can’t always easily walk away from a job. And acceptance doesn’t mean smiling while someone hurts you. You should defend yourself and take actions to improve the situation.

Here’s a thing that can help to make you a bit happier. Never accept a monkey on your shoulder. Monkeys? People like depositing problems on other people. What on earth does this mean and what’s it got to do with monkeys? Well, visualize a monkey, maybe two or even three. Each monkey represents a serious concern, a trouble, an aggravation, a problem, a nasty something that is an irritation, a concern. And somebody has given you the monkey and you’ve accepted it. Maybe you felt obliged to accept it. Maybe you felt that you had no choice but to accept it. Well, if someone gives you a problem or tells you that your work stinks over and over, imagine that each issue is a monkey and that it’s been put on your shoulder and won’t move. But that doesn’t mean you have to keep these monkeys. They are not lovely and cuddly. They are nasty. They are not yours at all, so get rid of them. Don’t accept them. Give them back. If you don’t, then the annoying, anguish-causing monkeys will continue to irritate. Don’t accept monkeys. Tell the owner that you won’t accept the problem. Easy to say, hard to do. But, know this: when it works, you will feel better.

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