Don’t embarrass employees public

There is a saying that employees do not leave their jobs or company, they leave their bosses. After suffering an embarrassing public reprimand by his boss, the press spokesman for Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble resigned.

Schäuble, angry that journalists had not been given printed copies of the new tax numbers ahead of the announcement, growled at his press spokesman Michael Offer:

Don’t talk – instead make sure the figures are handed out (Reden Sie nicht, sondern sorgen Sie dafür, dass die Zahlen verteilt werden)

With the cameras running, the finance minister told Offer that he had insisted 20 minutes before the press conference began that all media material should have been distributed.

Schäuble left the press conference shortly after the disagreement, only to return about 20 minutes later.

Wolfgang Schäuble said later he had possibly “overreacted” by publicly admonishing his spokesman during a press conference:

In spite of any justified aggravation, I might have overreacted (Bild am Sonntag newspaper)

How many good people do organizations lose because of poor management skills? How much staff and executive time is wasted because of poor managerial approaches?

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Torben Rick Experienced senior executive, both at a strategic and operational level, with strong track record in developing, driving and managing business improvement and development and change management. International experience from management positions in Denmark, Germany and Switzerland View full profile

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	Torben Rick
Experienced senior executive, both at a strategic and operational level, with strong track record in developing, driving and managing business improvement and development and change management. International experience from management positions in Denmark, Germany and Switzerland View full profile