A coaching colleague sought my advice for a difficult coaching situation which she was assigned. It appears a highly successful executive has finally insulted enough internal colleagues that management has decided to call for the services of a coach. This behavior has been going on for several years yet because the executive is such a rain maker all were apprehensive of directly addressing the issue and his inner firm behavior.
My colleague mentioned that the HR executive wants to find a way to spin the situation.
As I told my colleague, perhaps the age of spin is on the decline.
What is to spin? There are employment labor laws that protect employees from harassment and abuse.
And often, when these laws are broken, there are damages.
Facing the truth is not easy but avoiding it only goes so far. My colleague when back to the HR executive with this message and the company has decided not to do anything yet.
So much for direct confrontation of their problem.
Well said, Jim. Well said. Many times as coaches we are brought in to address what no one has been willing to….likely because they wish the problem will go away. Wishing usually doesn’t make it so.
Congrats on new blog up and running!
Thanks so much Karen
I think this is very prevalent in the workplace and it certainly does not lead to good employee morale, effective communication or efficient bottom line results.