I was in a meeting today and the host made me sick with her overdone praise and thank you to the benevolent leader I mean executive on the call for his “transparency”
Disgusting to watch these yammer leg bumper bobble heads in action.
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Your longer explanation is in line with the paraphrased version.
Some of us are good at b.s. More words and caveats doesn’t change the message.
The comment about “staying relevant” was made in response to a question from someone in one of the affiliates who asked how to obtain career development if part of a small affiliate. The response was “there will increasing opportunity to be included in global work” using our expanding suite of collaborative tools and “in the cases where we divest, someone will buy that asset and individuals who have stayed current (with technology) will be valid in any transaction.”
“Keep up with your training so that when your affiliate is sold, you will be relevant to the purchasing company.”
Please explain the context of this statement. Was there a question or statement that provoked such a harsh statement?
Yes, I keep hearing that about culture. Said to the worker bee: You don’t like the culture? You have a responsibility in changing it.
That is code for ‘Shut up and be happy, because we aren’t taking any complaints.’
That argument is, in itself, the problem with the company culture.
Pretty sure I was in the same meeting yesterday.
I like how the overall message is that it's our duty to change the morale of the workforce after we suffered all the same poor decisions the management team made that brought exxon to this state. Except we didn't get million dollar bonuses....
Yall fu---d it up, yall fix it. And fix my sh-t while you're at too.
No way! Can I ask which group?
Executive coaches are the worst possible way to spend company money on culture. You cannot teach old dogs new tricks. Or said another way, if people skills and leadership skills haven’t stuck during a 20 year management career, stop trying to train it into these guys. Make them an independent contributor and replace them with someone who can actually lead their workforce in a motivating manner.
Once they are an independent contributor, they’ll see the ‘other side’ of all these outsourcing and divestment decisions.
He did and the bobble heads all keep nodding and leg humping as he said it.
“Keep up with your training so that when your affiliate is sold, you will be relevant to the purchasing company.”
He really said that? Lol these guys aren't even pretending to give a f*** any more.
Must be nice to have a coach and planner
They are so out of touch and they can’t even begin to fathom how out of touch they are. They surround themselves with bobble heads who go on and on tripping over themselves to thank and praise them for spending an hour pontificating a bunch of nonsense that doesn’t resonate with most of the people on the call. New phrase to try fit into your next meeting is “anxious energy”
The executive (LM) said some incredibly tone deaf things, like explaining how he was able to use his executive coach and dedicated planner to curate his work calendar and eliminate non-value-added meetings, and then suggested we should follow his lead.... I guess, without the authority or staff to make that happen. He also failed to answer whether he felt an individual contributor could have a career with Exxon. Not too mention his advice to staff working in the affiliates: “Keep up with your training so that when your affiliate is sold, you will be relevant to the purchasing company.”