Deal with it

Just as she was about to go home, her boss called her into the office. It appears as if her boss, a woman, wasn’t happy with the job she was doing.

There were some problems with the situation. Some of the points that were made happened two years or several months ago.

Tell me, what kind of a boss doesn’t deal with a situation, holding on to it then throwing it into somebody else’s face. In my opinion, this is not effective leadership.

When there is a problem that you don’t like, it is up to you to communicate to the person what it is. This clearly wasn’t done.

There are real dangers in letting something fester for a long time. The first is that what was once something small can become infected and grow. The second is that precious time that could have been spent correcting it in the bud has been wasted.

Many of us do this. A delicate situation comes up and we push it into the background instead of dealing with it. While invisible, dust swept under the rug doesn’t go away. Isn’t it easier to deal with it when it is first a problem and fresh in everyone’s mind?