Over a week ago I had the honor of speaking to hundreds of corporate leaders at the AIM Center on "How To Deal With Unacceptable Employee Behavior". I gave examples of 5 distinct problems I have seen in the past, they are;
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1.) Negatrons
2.) Intelligent Idiots
3.) Gossip Girls
4.) Liar Liars and
5.) Out of This World
Let me tell you a secret. Other than years of corporate experience I can relate very well with this topic because I WAS A PROBLEM EMPLOYEE MYSELF!
Yep! I had almost all of the 5 symptoms I mentioned above which kinda makes me an expert on this. As they say, it takes one to know one.
So let me spill the beans for you now and what could possible be the causes of these behaviors. Note, they can be taken singularly or as a whole demise all rolled up into one ghastly person.
A.) THE PERSON HIMSELF - He is just out of whack! It's either he knows he's doing it and deliberately or he's in complete denial that any manifestation exists. That is what a lot of primadonnas and
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Why Do Problem Employees Behave that Way?
By Randy Esguerra | Work + Money – Sun, Nov 18, 2012 10:22 PM EST
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You know that scene in The Matrix (If you've lived long enough) where Keannu Reeve's character Neo (di nya tunay na pangalan) had to learn how to fight in his training to become "The One"? Well what happened was he had to sit uncomfortably in that "electric chair", some kind of probe would be stuck on the back of his head, a disc would be propped and ZOOOM! A pirated copy of Ninjutsu would automatically be uploaded to his fried brain and he'd wake muttering "I know Ninjutsu!"
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Being a car owner like most of us would have wished we could easily download a whole course on mechanical engineering. Having an older model, moody and ragged vehicle I couldn't help but feel helpless when I have to leave the expertise of touching my antique in the hands of someone else.
How convenient would it be I mumble to myself if I could do it on my lonesome? Imagine the labor cost savings, untended cracks and breaks plus the time it would salvage me! If I could just pop up a cd a bought from
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