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How do you act when the “panic button” is pushed!

Do you have fun at work? Yes?

Well, however comfortable and fun work may be there is always an occasional time of crisis. And crisis – is NOT fun.
Not everyone handles a crisis well. The following incident that one of my friends was telling me about is a good example.
She works as a Sales Executive for a company that sells herbal diet pills. They work as teams with a Team Leader heading the division. Each member of the team has a ‘sales target’ of selling 200 cartons of pills within a 3 month period. This happens to be an unreasonable target, given that the product is fairly new in the market.

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What your team is ‘whispering’ about you in your absence

If you happen to be a Team Leader, Manager, Boss or anyone who has people working under you, I am sure you have noticed the “whispering” before you walk into office and also when you leave.

Of course, subordinates talk about you in your absence; that is no surprise at all.
But ever wondered what exactly they say about you?

Here’s what the whispering could be about
He did the wrong thing by blasting her in front of everyone

She should keep her temper in check when dealing with the old janitor

He doesn’t know a thing about the project but happens to lead it!

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