In response to my orginal post LO12377, Gifts Freely Given, Thomas A.
Lifendahl asked:
>Was the commander ever informed of his misjudgement and if so what was his
>reply? Stories like this make me interested in knowing more.
Thomas,
I'm sorry I cannot give a complete answer to your questions. I do
know he was informed that a part of the workforce worked earlier hours and
were legitmately going home; whether he knew of the negative effects his
proclaimation had on individuals throughout the organization, and what his
response was, I don't know. My purpose for relating the story was to
illustrate the tremendous unintended negative effects a comment from a
leader can have if he/she does not check out the facts before laying
undeserved blame on the workforce in general. To many people in the
organization it implied a lack of trust and that the leader believed many
of them to be dishonest. The result was that people began to withhold the
gifts they were freely giving the organization-their valuable time and
dedication.
Jack Latimer
jlatimer@ridgecrest.ca.us
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