From the course: Leading without Formal Authority
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To tattle or not to tattle...
From the course: Leading without Formal Authority
To tattle or not to tattle...
- To tattle or not to tattle? That is the question. If you see a peer messing up, it can be hard to know what to do. Should you call them on it? Act like you didn't notice? Tell your boss? It depends. When you see a peer having a problem, it can be helpful to ask yourself a few questions. How time sensitive is this? Does it need to be handled today or can it wait until next week? Where is this mistake on the scale of honest mistake to a moral lapse in judgment? Some errors are just accidents, like forgetting to print something. Others, like stealing from the office, are a moral lapse in judgment. What's the impact of this mistake? Does this problem mean that your office will be without paper clips for a week? Or are you about to lose a huge customer account over this? And has this been addressed before? Does it continue to happen despite attempts to rectify the problem? Or has everyone just ignored the…
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