2. Prepared By
Manu Melwin Joy
Research Scholar
School of Management Studies
CUSAT, Kerala, India.
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Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com
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3. I am OK, you are not OK : Get Rid Of
Ten minutes later, I am back
in my office with a cup of
coffee, well into the report.
The door opens again. This
time it is my assistant. He
looks downcast. He says “
You know that printing job
you gave me to set up? I
was busy and forgot to get
it off. We have missed the
printer’s deadline. What do
I do?
4. I am OK, you are not OK : Get Rid Of
Scripty Operation : I go red in face and snarl at my assistant:
“what do you do? I don’t want to hear a word more from you
till you have got the job done, understand?”. My heart rate
sour and I feel heat under my collar. I say to myself “ Can’t
trust anybody”. I have gotten rid of my assistant while
creating a justification for believing that I am OK while others
are not.
5. I am OK, you are not OK : Get Rid Of
Adult Operation : I reply to my
assistant: “Well, it is your job to
get his sorted out. Right now I
am doing something urgent. So
go and find some way of getting
this job finished as soon as
possible. Come back at four o
clock and report to me”. I have
gotten rid of my assistant in a
way that lets me look after
myself and leaves us both OK.
