What if we had Olympic Games for Managers and above? Categories would include:
1- Reporting your dubious achievements through rose tinted glasses
2- Schmoozing your peers and superiors while neglecting your own department
3- Running your team ragged while having little to no impact
4- Promoting as many unqualified people as possible
5- Running around like a chicken with its head cut off
6- Failing up
Do you know any potential gold medalists?
The Olympics you describe sound special.
Our managers would lose.
It’s Squid Games gents and dames.
Play at your own ridk
if you’re desperate enough.
annual reviews are Olympics
@OP 9- Picking a highly visible seat at all-hands meetings and making sure you’re noticed by the higher ups
8 - Setting up worthless/low value volunteering events on a monthly basis so leaders can post selfies and avoid work
GAAL leadership in Alpharetta was guilty of this.
@ac I had a desk full of meaningless acrylic.
Giving your friends "awards" and having those friends reciprocate with equally dubious "awards".
I visited one site years ago, and everyone's cube (years ago) was full of awards!
7- Spending big bucks on capital projects with lousy ROI to raise your own profile