| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 29, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| WORKING LIFE
Career Rehab Lingo Some of the terms used by the Growth & Leadership Center ''DISPOSABLES'' What some supersmart, egomaniacal engineers think of 95% of the population--that they are slow, underachieving, and incompetent. ''SHATTERED GLASS'' All the damaged relationships a bullying tyrant has left strewn in his wake at a company. GLC makes people pick up the pieces by apologizing for mistakes and repairing relationships. ''TWO IN A BOX'' Two managers in a single job. One of them is technical. The other deals with people. They usually dislike one another, and the arrangement bugs everybody else, too. A favorite of Intel. ''STRUCTURAL PROBLEM'' A personality difficulty. ''SHE'S CONTENT-RICH'' She's smart. ''HE'S FILTERING OUT INPUTS'' He's not listening. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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