In my effort to be efficient (I’m still a slacker), I seem to have dropped all the niceties. My sentences are straight forward. I still use please but they are more to the point. I don’t write long essays when emailing. I try to keep things compact. I seem to have removed the filters, which means output can be quite row.
Sadly, this drove two of my invaluable team members to resign over the weekend.
“Yes, we decided to resign because we felt that the working environment at SkilledUp Life was not as supportive or friendly as we had hoped — largely due to your approach. As the visionary of your company, you are the one who best understands what you want to achieve. That said, it’s important to have the patience to guide people toward that vision. Simply giving a brief introduction and expecting flawless execution without clear direction often leads to misunderstandings.
Although we have other paid commitments, we chose to volunteer our time and energy because we genuinely wanted to contribute to the growth of SkilledUp Life. However, the way issues were being handled and the choice of words used when things didn’t go as planned were often harsh, discouraging, and disheartening.
We sincerely hope that moving forward, you’ll consider a more empathetic and constructive approach when working with others.
Thank you for the opportunity, and we wish SkilledUp Life all the best in the future.”
Clearly, I got things wrong. My style is unacceptable. Would I learn? I hope so, hence one of the reasons for including it here. I’m public shaming myself in order to learn – crazy eh!
The big problem is that we and mostly me do not have time to explain things properly as I try to move the SkilledUp Life juggernaut forward. SkilledUp Life is the most simplest idea I acted upon since 2004 but the organisation is a beast that needs to be tamed and moved in the right direction. In this process, I get very frustrated. I need to remind myself to not take the frustration out of my team who are giving their time free in exchange for greater experience and skills. Let’s hope I can become better.
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