One executive admits to his classic dumb acts just because he was able to get away with it but he has to tell all to purge his corporate soul. Well, it is sure ticklingto know what mistakes they make. Here are some of their classic dumb shows.
1. Skipping meetings. They have to get into all imaginable meetings possible. At the start, they are all keen to sit on board meetings, staff meetings, and meetings with other executies. When these meetings sound all alike they develop the habit of ignorning. Because of hectic schedule they skip some and ignore some that would have guaranteed their footing in the corporate jungle. What a pity.
2. Taking the girls out. After much prodding and pleadings from the girls to treat them to some drinks at the bar, Misters Executives drain their classy %LINK1t% and give the girls too much to drink until they pass out. A non-toxic outing though, but what were they thinking? It’s a good thing that sexual harassment is no longer such a big thing now.
3. Losing some files they edited in their hard disks. If their secretaries lost these files expect a savage scalping. Yes, these stonefaced executives need lessons on some Linux and MS Word operations. They wouldn’t admit though that they need coaching from a lowly clerk.
4. Forgetting to ask their secretaries the password to{/spin] their reports saved in their laptops. At the meeting they fumble and squirm and curse themselves inwardly for forgetting to ask the file name of their report. All they asked about was the readiness of the report. Serves them right because they depend too much on their appraise the reports days ahead of the meeting but scream at the eleventh hour there’s something wrong with the reports and must be fixed right now, do you hear?
5. Picking somebody else’s attache case or Laptop attache. You can’t blame them. These look-alike cases can fool anybody whose mind and eyes are somewhere else, perhaps a shapely leg? One man had to face the embarrassment of being questioned by the airport police but he lived to tell the tale and got his own stuff returned to him.
What if you are the executive? Work is not everything. In the workplace, the little people still have a say and say it they will if they uncover your dastardly little secrets.
