A short advisory YouTube monologue by Chad Silverstein about sabotage within teams and personal circles. He argues sabotage is common and inevitable, that leaders often learn about it last, and that effective leadership requires expecting it, processing it calmly, and thinking before acting rather than reacting in surprise.
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Sabotage sucks. It sucks when you don't know about it and it's happening. It sucks when you find out about it. And it sucks even worse when you're the leader and you're the last to find out about it. But you could pretty much be sure that it's happening all around you, whether you're aware or you're not. And there is a built to lead way of responding to sabotage and that is that it's normal and you should expect it shouldn't be so caught off by surprise when someone does something that smells and reeks of sabotage. You know, there's just always people up to doing things that are self serving. And if you're leading a team, you've got people like that on your team. There's just circumstances make people's lives change and everybody's going through something and all it takes is someone to go through something tough for themselves where they are a different person. And when people are going through hard things, they tend to do things that maybe you know, are not aligned with who they really are. They're out of character and people make mistakes. And a lot of times people are deliberate. They're very deliberate about what they're doing and why they're doing it. And you never know maybe the root reason why. You may find out and you may not, but you can expect sabotage to occur. And so your reaction to it says a lot about who you are and how you lead. So the next time someone shows a sign of sabotage in your system, on your team, in your circle of friends, in your family, don't be so surprised. Have a way of responding that you just. It's a normal thing. Process it. And think before you act. Think before you act. And again, don't be so surprised. Sabotage is a normal thing and it's unfortunate, but it's a fact.
