Lesson Learned: Don't Talk or Complaint Too Much To Your Superior?

24 Dec 2013, Sibu Sarawak Malaysia: It is Christmas eve. I just want to share my observation why we need to be cautious when bringing up negative or not popular issues about others ...

• If you shared negative information with your boss about others - you can be viewed as a person who speak 'negative' about others.
• If your boss asked you to attend training but never give you budget ... don't be too happy ... it is just a polite way of telling you that you are weak in certain area.
• If you tell your boss that a colleague is not a team player and your boss reply politely with a smile and mentioned that end of the day you are still accountable for it ... just stop the conversation and go back to work. He or she is not interested.
• If you tell your boss that one of your colleagues is not a team player and your boss suggested that maybe he is a victim of racial ... just shut up and find a job elsewhere.

Do take note that your boss is also a human being and has limitations and skills gap ...

• He or she may not enjoy listening to others problems e.g., especially your problems with other colleagues;
• He or she may not be someone who is good at handling people conflict issues.
• If he or she is at senior level, they are strategist and solving your people problem is not part of their job scope, KPI or performance measurement.

Above are just my observation ... sometimes, I see things from a different perspective.

Taking the opportunity to wish all of my readers a happy Christmas and a happy advance new year ... 2014!

-The End-