Delta7 Change Ltd » leaders http://www.delta7.com Transforming your organisation one conversation at a time Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:13:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Elephant Under The Table http://www.delta7.com/elephant-under-the-table/ http://www.delta7.com/elephant-under-the-table/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:31:03 +0000 Sam Deeks http://www.delta7.com/?p=2288 When people become fearful of saying what really concerns them, leaders lose sight of what’s really happening in their organization and the quality of their decision-making suffers. For employees, unarticulated frustration can turn into confusion and anger that quickly creates a culture of low morale. This then manifests as apathy, resistance or even sabotage.

Soon, no one wants to talk about the real issues even though they are staring everyone in the face. These things are difficult to talk about and all too often at key briefings and presentations people just sit in silence, unable to say what they really think because it feels too risky to speak up.

What is the Elephant under your table?

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