Office Politics Pitfalls: Asking for Feedback, but only to Prove a Point
Warning: Proceed with caution. The following is a case study of the most egregious example of asking for feedback, but only to Prove a Point.
A Tale of Two Bosses
Meet Jane and John, two middle managers at a mid-sized corporation.
Jane has a meeting with the team to discuss the latest quarterly sales numbers, but she's not really looking to hear their thoughts. Nope. She just wants to show off her fancy new pen she got from the company store.
Meanwhile, John is having a meeting with the team to discuss the new project, but he's just pretending to take their feedback to show off to HR that he's a team player.
Both Jane and John are masters of the art of asking for feedback, but only to Prove a Point.
What's the difference between these two?