This is why I go out of my way to praise good work loudly and publicly when I see it.
If everyone merely accepts good work silently, but talks about bad work all the time, then political focus within the org will shift to bad teams and bad people. At the extremes I’ve seen this result in the worst people getting promoted to the highest positions because they were infamous. That’s the same as being famous.
Think about Trump: he got elected because nobody could shut up about him, so to a lot of voters didn’t know anything about any other candidate. They voted for the one they recognised.
“He may have his flaws, but he’s not that bad.” is something I’ve heard at work and in the public sphere.
You’re immune to this effect, you’re about to say?
If everyone merely accepts good work silently, but talks about bad work all the time, then political focus within the org will shift to bad teams and bad people. At the extremes I’ve seen this result in the worst people getting promoted to the highest positions because they were infamous. That’s the same as being famous.
Think about Trump: he got elected because nobody could shut up about him, so to a lot of voters didn’t know anything about any other candidate. They voted for the one they recognised.
“He may have his flaws, but he’s not that bad.” is something I’ve heard at work and in the public sphere.
You’re immune to this effect, you’re about to say?
Name five good things that Hillary has done.