I’ve been watching an “Bindaas TV series where they ask Teenagers and on-goers a Morally / Ethically Challenging Question to answer. It’s a fascinating study of human behavior. Everyday people are secretly filmed in situations where they are faced with a choice.When I saw the last one, I thought it might be interesting to resurrect an old game known as “Scruples”, and create a “Leadership Scruples” game, or a series of workplace “What Would You Do” scenarios for leaders. Actually, it doesn’t have to be for just formal leaders… anyone can play… I’ve just tried to give it a leadership slant to better fit the purpose of this blog.
Here are some Questions, Let See if you can answer them:
1. You’re at a hotel and conference center. You’ve arrived to your meeting early, and have not have a chance to eat breakfast yet. On your way to your meeting room, you walk by another meeting and there’s a table full of food and beverages outside the room. Your meeting has no food. Would you help yourself?
2. Your manager congratulates you for a brilliant suggestion and hints at a promotion. Your employee gave you the idea. Do you mention this to the manager?
3. You’ve made a verbal agreement with a supplier. A competitor offers you a deal for 50% less. Do you take it the deal?
4. A colleague is out of his office. You notice his paycheck stub on his desk. Do you glance at it?
5. Your manager demands to know what a co-worker is saying behind his back. It’s not flattering. Do you tell him?
6. You’re reviewing the results of an employee survey and accidentally discover a way to see individual responses and comments. Do you keep reading or report the problem?
7. You’re traveling in Ladakh on business when you’re invited to a feast by shepherds. You’re given the sheep’s eyeball, the greatest delicacy. To refuse it is the greatest insult. Everyone’s watching. Do you gulp it down?
8. As a joke, a co-worker sends anonymous love letters to another co-worker who takes them seriously. Everyone is enjoying the prank. Do you expose it?
9. A disgruntled worker is brandishing an automatic weapon. You’re near a door. If you try to warn others you may not escape. Do you save yourself?
10. After closing a big deal, your manager surprises you with a warm, lingering hug. Do you tell your manager you’re not comfortable with this?
11. You’re playing tennis with your manager for the first time. You’re winning and your manager is getting angry. Do you let him win?
12. You want to quit a job without notice but you need a good reference from your employer. Do you invent a family health emergency?
13. You decide not to hire someone because he’s wearing a nose ring. When he asks why he didn’t make it, do you give the real reason?
14. You find an expensive pen in an airport lounge. Do you keep it?
15. A close friend will be interviewed for a job with your employer. He asks you for a list of the questions in advance. Do you supply it?
16. You have a struggling young company. You have to choose between two equal candidates for a job, a man and a woman. The woman will work for Rs.20000 per year less than the man. Do you hire her for that reason?
Jack and Max are walking from religious service. Jack wonders whether it would be all right to smoke while praying.
Max replies, “Why don’t you ask the Priest?”
So Jack goes up to the Priest and asks, “Father, may I smoke while I pray ?”
The Priest replies, “No, my son, you may not! That’s utter disrespect to our religion.”
Jack goes back to his friend and tells him what the good Priest told him.
Max says, “I’m not surprised. You asked the wrong question. Let me try.”
And so Max goes up to the Priest and asks, “Father, may I pray while I smoke ?”
To which the Priest eagerly replies, “By all means, my son. By all means. You can always pray whenever you want to.”
Enjoy…!!! Have a nice day…
Family Phone Humor
Dad: People this is unacceptable. You have to limit the use of the phone. I do not use this phone, I use the one at the office.
Mum: Same here, I hardly use this home telephone as I use my work telephone.
Son: Me too, I never use the home phone. I always use my company mobile.
Maid: So – what is the problem? We all use our work telephones !
HeHeHe
Enjoy..!!!
Confused HR - Pinal's Cubicle
Have you ever wondered why HR people ignore your calls? It’s because of people like this:
I overhear my receptionist fielding a phone call about a job. I hear her say to the person on the phone “What can I help you with?….I’m sorry the position has been filled…The position is filled…Yes, we’ve filled that position.” At this point my interest has perked because it’s obvious the person is not listening to her.
The receptionist promptly puts the man on hold and comes over to me. She proceeds to tell me that the man has asked if we can send him his resume back. I tell her no. She returns to the phone and tells him we need to keep the resume on file for a year. He proceeds to ask for a copy of it then.
So I pick up the phone and have the following conversation with him:
Me: Hi, can I help you?
Man: The position is filled?
Me: Which position?
Man: The cleaner.
Me: The maintenance position? Yes, we’ve filled that position.
Man: Was that part-time or full-time?
Me: That was a full-time position.
Man: Do you have any other part-time positions?
Me: No we do not currently. It’s rare that we have part-time positions available.
Man: Okay then. ::Hangs up::
Yep, this is what we deal with.
Cheers,
Pinal
2. We would talk loudly and bring attention to ourselves.
3. With free food & drinks on the plane, we would forget why we’re There
4. We talk with our hands;therefore we would have to put our weapons down.
5. We would ALL want to fly the plane.
6. We would argue and start a fight in the plane.
9. We would have postponed the mission because a cricket match was going on that day
Regards,
Pinal Mehta
Pinal's Cubicle ~ HR 4 HR 