Faults as virtues

David Maister shares this list of 20 bad workplace habits from a book by Marshall Goldsmith.

The first 19 look pretty sensible to me, but number 20 is curious:

An excessive need to be “me”: exalting our faults as virtues simply because they’re who we are

I think we should all celebebrate who we are as individuals, including our faults. The important thing is to recognise them and allow people whose strengths complement our weaknesses to give their input.

    1     The need to win each time
    2     The overwhelming desire to add our two cents to every discussion
    3     The need to pass judgment on others
    4     Needless sarcasm and cutting comments
    5     Starting with “no”, “But”, “However”
    6     Need to show how smart we are
    7     Speaking when angry
    8     Negativity: the need to share negative thoughts even when not asked
    9     Withholding Information
    10     Failing to Give Proper recognition
    11     Claiming credit we don’t deserve
    12     Making excuses
    13     Clinging to the past
    14     Playing favorites
    15     Refusing to express regret
    16     Not listening
    17     Failing to express gratitude
    18     Punishing the messenger
    19     Passing the buck
    20     An excessive need to be “me”: exalting our faults as virtues simply because they’re who we are

Comments

[Rosie Sherry]

Yeah, but, no but. :)