I agree. Asking to understand is assuming that everyone could or should feel and act exactly the same way you do. If you’ve only ever worked in one culture that may be fine, but as soon as you start including others in the process you’re going to waste so much time and disillusion so many people that you will end up never accomplishing anything.
Dictate how you expect an employee to behave. Sometimes they will strongly disagree. If you or they continue to disagree then either of you can part ways.
Explaining to them why you think they should behave that way is valuable, but expecting them to understand and feel that way themselves is too much. If they can act that way, it doesn’t matter how they feel... it’s a job, not a cult.
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I agree. Asking to understand is assuming that everyone could or should feel and act exactly the same way you do. If you’ve only ever worked in one culture that may be fine, but as soon as you start including others in the process you’re going to waste so much time and disillusion so many people that you will end up never accomplishing anything.
Dictate how you expect an employee to behave. Sometimes they will strongly disagree. If you or they continue to disagree then either of you can part ways.
Explaining to them why you think they should behave that way is valuable, but expecting them to understand and feel that way themselves is too much. If they can act that way, it doesn’t matter how they feel... it’s a job, not a cult.
I don’t necessarily expect them to agree, but I do expect them to understand where I’m coming from.
If they can’t I don’t think there’s a high chance of them actually listening.