{"id":1216,"date":"2011-12-24T15:08:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T15:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saasoft.com\/blog\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2011-12-24T15:08:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T15:08:33","slug":"backs-against-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hcse.blog\/?p=1216","title":{"rendered":"Backs Against The Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It is surprising how often we do nothing until we have run out of options to prevaricate and only when our backs are against the wall do we act\u00a0positively, decisively and effectively.\u00a0 What is the\u00a0reason we did not act earlier? Did we not see the way forward? Were there to many options to choose from? Or\u00a0was the\u00a0most effective option the least comfortable?\u00a0 We have a bad habit of putting off decisions and actions until the last minute of the eleventh hour.\u00a0Perhaps we\u00a0just hope that the problem will go away without us having\u00a0to\u00a0get out of our comfort zones.<\/p>\n

In reality\u00a0few\u00a0escape\u00a0the back-to-the-wall scenario:\u00a0most are\u00a0caught, killed and eaten.\u00a0\u00a0Turkeys unwittingly voting for\u00a0Christmas by doing nothing.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It is a better survival strategy to avoid the backs-to-the-wall scenario.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, what are the symptoms of the earlier prevarication stage? What behaviours do we exhibit? And what can\u00a0we do?\u00a0<\/p>\n

One is blindness\/deafness\u00a0– otherwise known as denial<\/strong>. We see the message but we do not acknowledge it because to do so means we\u00a0have signalled that we are aware of it. Painfully aware perhaps.<\/p>\n

One is bending\/dodging – otherwise known as distortion<\/strong>. We see the problem and we are forced to acknowledge it because someone\u00a0up the tree makes it our problem and monitors our performance. They set a target and attach some form of motivator to it – either a carrot or a stick – it matters not.\u00a0\u00a0It\u00a0is surprising how creative people can be when caught between a rock and a hard place!<\/p>\n

One is burying\/deceiving – otherwise known as deletion<\/strong>. \u00a0We\u00a0delete the bad news completely so the performance looks better than it really is\u00a0and thereby\u00a0try to\u00a0evade the persecutor\u00a0by not attracting attention.\u00a0 This is our last\u00a0option because we know if we are found out then\u00a0we will be for the chop.<\/p>\n

Our final option, when our backs are against the wall and the spot light is on us – is to face the problem and solve it – and surprise ourselves that we can, and in fact always could have done.<\/p>\n

So to\u00a0avoid the back-to-the-wall experience\u00a0it is necessary to\u00a0be alert to the early symptoms. The deafening silence that follows someone\u00a0prepared to talk about\u00a0the problem; the frantic\u00a0activity\u00a0required to bend the rules and distort the system; and the\u00a0furtive looks of those who are deliberately hiding the awful\u00a0reality.\u00a0 If any of these symptoms are detected we need to add the magic ingredients –\u00a0confidence and competence. The confidence to raise the issues and the competence to dissolve their root causes.<\/p>\n

Confidence follows from competence; and competence follows from practice; and practice follows from know how; and know how follows from learning; and learning follows from asking.<\/p>\n

Ask to See One –\u00a0Do Some – Teach Many.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is surprising how often we do nothing until we have run out of options to prevaricate and only when our backs are against the wall do we act\u00a0positively, decisively and effectively.\u00a0 What is the\u00a0reason we did not act earlier? Did we not see the way forward? Were there to many options to choose from? … <\/p>\n

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