| > no executive/manager is going to hold a CEO accountable for being late/strolling into work I did this. I had just been promoted to the lowest manager position at a global bank. Our global head had a habit of starting meetings late. After one, I asked to speak privately. I said I had been working hard with my team on improving their timeliness. They responded, and our mornings became more productive as a result. But once a quarter they came to these meetings and saw the top guys in our division stroll in late. It undid work I fought hard for, and which I continued to believe in. He thanked me for my perspective and was never late again. (Another example: CEO assigned our intern class a book assignment. I proceeded to reject the author’s thesis.) Organisations that don’t permit upwards feedback are, in my opinion, unhealthy. (In the interest of balance, I have also given upward feedback that was rejected. The reasons for their rejection changed how I worked going forward, every time productively.) |