Bandwagon
We have a monthly sales meeting via Teams that involves everyone from our region (Sales, Marketing, Ops). The meeting is not long and is intended to recap how we did last month, give shout outs to those that performed well and relays information about business and things going on in our company and region.
The structure and the content of the meeting is simple enough, but almost every time after the meeting, someone reaches out to me to discuss something they didn’t like about the meeting.
“Can you believe they said xxx?!”
“Why didn’t they just leave that part about xxx out of the meeting?”
“Man I can’t stand it when they give a shout out to xxx”!
It is soooo easy for me to also start talking about things I don’t like about the meeting when someone comes to me like this – and I do it frequently! I end up jumping on the complainer bandwagon, armchair managing how I could run the meeting better or how this or that should or shouldn’t be talked about, etc.
But a Real Christian Businessman knows that bandwagon complaining is the easiest way to react! Taking the high road and just listening to the other person rant instead of adding to the conversation, or even turning the conversation to something positive would be a much better action I could take.
“Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!” Jam 5:9 (NIV)
When I’m not the one organizing the meeting it is so easy to punch holes in it!
If we aren’t part of the solution for making a meeting better then it’s probably best for us all to keep our mouths closed and look for the parts that can benefit us instead of complaining.
It’s time to be different and represent our faith constructively.
What action will you choose?