How do you handle situations where you warn someone of something, they don’t listen, and then it happens?
Our reader poll today asks: How do you handle situations where you warn someone of something, they don’t listen, and then it happens?
I proudly declare “I told you so!”: 6%
I gently highlight: “We knew this could be an outcome or risk”: 45%
I don’t say anything then but make stronger warnings in the future: 12%
I try to figure out why they didn’t listen to me in the first place: 21%
I just move on and don’t say anything — not listening was a choice: 16%
A gentle “I told you so.” A slight majority of respondents prefer to tell people “I told you so” when something goes wrong that they warned of previously.
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I proudly declare “I told you so!”: 6%
I gently highlight: “We knew this could be an outcome or risk”: 45%
I don’t say anything then but make stronger warnings in the future: 12%
I try to figure out why they didn’t listen to me in the first place: 21%
I just move on and don’t say anything — not listening was a choice: 16%
A gentle “I told you so.” A slight majority of respondents prefer to tell people “I told you so” when something goes wrong that they warned of previously.
Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
This is only the beginning of the thought... Please click the article headline above or go to http://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/blog for more.
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