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Before announcing a hiring freeze, what should a leader do for the managers?
Prepare them to answer tough questions.
- Prepare them to answer tough questions ✔
- Tell them to say it came from the top
- Keep them from talking to staff
Why: Staff will ask hard questions, like how the group can afford other things. Managers who know the answer ahead of time don't blurt out blame lines that split the team into us versus them.
Huh, didn't know that: The reading calls a line like 'Sorry, that's the orders from the top' a we/they perpetuator.
Why did the manager study the night before the meeting? In case of a pop quiz from the team.
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Answer: Prepare them to answer tough questions. Staff will ask hard questions, like how the group can afford other things. Managers who know the answer ahead of time don't blurt out blame lines that split the team into us versus them.
- Learn to Lead, Volume 4: Strategic Perspectives, reading 13.4 (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Volume_4_Web_4028F891F0A14.pdf
Prepare managers to answer tough questions.
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