What if someone in your workplace is BSing ?

For most of us, the fact that a statement is false might constitutes in itself a reason, however weak and easily overridden, not to make the statement. ... people are guided by their beliefs concerning the way things are when either in lying or telling the truth. It guide them as they have tendency to describe to the society correctly or to describe it untruly or half-truth. For such case, making out half-truths might not tend to unfit an individual for telling the truth in the same way that bullshitting tends to. Through extensive indulgence in the latter activity, which involves making assertions without paying attention to anything except what it suits one to say, a person's normal habit of attending to things may become attenuated or lost. Someone who give half-truths and someone who tells the full truth are playing on opposite sides, so to speak, in the same game. Each responds to the facts as he understands them, although the response of the one is guided by the authority of the truth, while the response of the other defies that authority and refuses to meet its demands. The bullshitter ignores these demands altogether. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies or half-truth are.

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  Determine what serves the presenter’s self-interest. Whenever someone is presenting a point of view, you owe it to yourself to consider how their opinion might correlate to their own self-interest. After all, there must be some reason they have to make the argument to you in the first place. And that reason more likely correlates with their own self-interest than with yours.
• Question the info or data. We live in a world of pseudo science, skewed sample sets and anonymous experts. Don’t accept anything as an important truth without first examining the source.
• Look out for truth qualifying statements. “To tell you the truth” or “Let’s be frank” or “I have to be honest…” are all statements that beg the question – “Are we starting to be honest just now?”
• Hear for name dropping. Credibility should always be derived from the strength of the argument, known facts and/or the reputation of the person present. If absent prominent people are the backbone of an argument, you should be suspect.
• Identify confusion in response to logical counterpoints. This type of response is meant to undermine your confidence in the soundness of your counter argument without seeking to specifically or factually oppose the point itself. Watch out for confusion when there should be none.
• Be careful of the obvious. If a conversation provides you with one obvious thought after another, wait for the end of the train of thoughts as it is typically an illogical conclusion. After getting into a “yes…yes… yes…” rhythm, you may easily accept a well placed random conclusion or mistruth.

When staff in organization started to show signs of not being truthful and behaving in the opposite, it will end up costing the company due to some of the related impact due to personnel being not giving the correct reporting and trying to cover up in fear of being reprimand should their mistake is uncovered, some of the greater impact could lead to following broader senses :-

- Persistent and disruptive strategy changes without correct stakeholders information.

- Constant debate over issues with no real feedback lacking action plan.

- Plans are agreed but some groups follow them while others hide away due to cover ups.

- Product shortfalls due to inaccurate and unreliable reporting.

- Miscommunication between management levels, i.e. middle managers are constantly "BS" by incorrect information, plans, datas.

- Consistent budget misses in either direction due to inconsistent reporting

- Support organizations like planning or production cannot cope with changing demands from technical.

Ways to Know When Someone’s BSing You

1. Story or context changes. You can ask them the same thing two or three times and get different answers or replies.
2. They look or pretend dumb but they’re not. It’s disingenuous, not a good sign.
3. They put up a smart look but they’re not. Not necessarily disingenuous, but also not a good sign.
4. They try overly hard. That’s got to give you pause.
5. They look nervous when they shouldn’t be.
6. They look scared when they shouldn’t be.
7. They ask the question repeatedly. Give them time to think of an appropriate answer.
8. There’s something in it for them. Anytime somebody’s trying to sell you something, there’s a good chance you’re being BS.
9. They’re fanatical. Fanaticism, fundamentalism, call it whatever you want, it’s a one-sided view of an issue that cuts off debate. 

It is seen to be quite obvious - pundits, politicians, senior/junior executives, engineers, technicians, labourers, and even journalists - have sunk into habits of "BSing" from which many of them could be rescued. Many who claim to speak from faith have so cherrypicked their scripture sources that their announcements are nothing but bullshit. I do believe that most people whose characters haven't been metastasized by the greed of fame and publicity hold firmly to the conviction that "bsing" is no better than lying. What they are going to have to learn, if the society or organization is to be saved is that hearing what you want to hear and filtering out the rest which may be part of the BS.

Trust in Organization Important ?

When trust exists in an organization, probably everything else is easier to achieve. We all think we know what Trust is from our own experience, but we don't know much about how to improve it. Why? Because we have been taught to look at Trust as if it were a single factor. Do not try to guess what your staff or boss thinks as you may not be always in line with their thoughts and your act against their will may lead to distrust from the staff.


Why Trust is important in an Organization and how important is building a trusting work environment?

Trust is the necessary precursor in any teamwork and they are basically for :

• feeling able to rely upon a person,

• cooperating with and experiencing teamwork within a group,

• taking thoughtful or calculated risks, and

• experiencing believable communication.

Ways to create and preserve trusting relationships in a trust promoting work environment.

• Hire and promote suitable, qualified, experience people, who are capable of forming positive, trusting interpersonal relationships with people who report to them, to supervisory positions. It should not be by favouritism or by providing opportunity to groom if they are inexperience.

• Develop the skills of all employees and especially those of current supervisors and people desiring promotion, in interpersonal relationship building and effectiveness. Be fair and equal to all and no prejudice.

• Keep staff members informed. Provide information as much as you can comfortably divulge as soon.

• Expect supervisors to act with integrity and keep commitments. If you cannot, explain what is happening in the situation without delay. Current behavior and actions are perceived by employees as the basis for predicting future behavior.

• Confront problematic issues in a timely manner. If an employee has excessive absences or spends work time wandering around, it is important to confront the employee about these issues. Other employees will watch and trust you more.

• Protect the interest of all employees in a work group. Do not talk about absent employees, nor allow others to place blame, call names, or point fingers.

• Display competence in supervisory and other work tasks. Know what you are talking about, and if you don’t know—be frank and admit it. Nothing to be shy about not knowing it.

• If you are a supervisor or a team member, set high expectations and act as if you believe staff members are capable of living up to them.

The Human Resources professional has a special role in promoting trust. So do line managers. You coach managers and supervisors about all of the appropriate roles described above in building trust relationships.

Engage in trust building and team building activities only when there is a sincere desire in your organization to create a trusting, empowering, team-oriented work environment. Engaging in these activities for any but honorable reasons is a travesty and a sham. People will know the difference, or they will find out, and then, they will never trust you.


Build Relationship Over Time

Trust is built and maintained by many small actions over time. It is not a matter of technique, but of character; we are trusted because of our way of being, not because of our polished exteriors or our expertly crafted communications.

Trust is telling the truth, even when it is difficult, and being truthful, authentic, and trustworthy in your dealings with customers and staff. Can rewarding, mission-serving, life- and work-enhancing actions get any simpler than this? Very very likely not.

Looks like Trust is gone with BP ??

BP CEO TH was so busy defending the company’s handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, he failed to follow manager-in-crisis rule No. 1: Check with your own guys on the inside to make sure your assertions of success are in fact accurate. Or, put a different way: Don’t lie.


During an interview with BBC, he outlined in detail how well BP was handling loss-of-income and other compensation claims filed by Gulf residents. Which would be great, if it were in fact true. This latest gaff is egregious, in large part, because Hayward is so ridiculously self-assured and emphatic as he makes a wildly inaccurate claim.

Here’s what he told BBC :
Well you know what we have done so far is pay every claim that’s been presented to us, and we will continue to do that. You know the most important thing in terms of claims today is to ensure that people who can’t fish today have the wherewithal to feed their families.
And we’ve taken a claims process that has taken 45 days traditionally in the United States and shortened it to 48 hours. It takes 12 seconds when you phone the BP claims line to be put into the process, and be given a number. If you turn up at the claims office, within 48 hours you’re given a check. You take it to a bank and you cash the check. We are going to continue to do that.

Here’s the reality of it all. BP is paying out claims, but not every one — not even close. BP had received 37,000 claims for compensation as of Monday, according to Darryl Willis, the company vice president overseeing the claims process. Of those claims, 18,000 — or about 48 percent — have been paid out for a total of nearly $50 million. BP announced a second round of payments this month, which will bring the total to $84 million.

It’s not just that BP is behind on its claims. Once again, BP has failed to share information, giving the public another reason not to trust the company. BP has repeatedly denied requests from the Louisiana state government — including the attorney general’s office — to share its claims database or even explain how it decides to grant or deny claims.

And this makes it incredibly difficult for state agencies to look out for the interests of Gulf region workers and businesses. Among the hardest hit, to date, are the growing number of small businesses that have yet to see any money. About 90 percent of the paid out claims have gone to out of work fishermen, and about 10 percent of the payments have made it to small businesses, based on the information available.

Moral of story, do not make up "story"  !

Life is an Integrity

The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind. ~ Li Ka Shing

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. ~ Abraham Lincoln

You must consider the bottom line, but make it INTEGRITY before profits. ~ Denis Waitley

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and INTEGRITY. ~ Douglas Adams

Goodness is the only investment that never fails. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not a sin - just stupid.) ~ Robert A. Heinlein

I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. ~ Albert Einstein

If moral behavior were simply following rules, we could program a computer to be moral. ~ Samuel P. Ginder

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ~ Noël Coward

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. ~ Mark Twain

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. ~ William Menninger

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. ~ Will Durant

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. ~ William Faulkner

Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to. ~ Arnold H. Glasow

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. ~ Max Lerner

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it. ~ A.A. Hodge

To reach a great height a person needs to have great wisdom and sacrifice..

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright or an empty vessel makes a lot of "bang"…….

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. ~ Albert Einstein

Law of Integrity

The Law of Integrity

Great business leadership is characterized by honesty, truthfulness, and straight dealing with every person, under all circumstances. This law requires that you be impeccably honest with yourself and others.
As Emerson said, “Guard your integrity as a sacred thing. Nothing is at last sacred by the integrity of your own mind.” Integrity lies at the core of leadership, at the heart of the leader. Everything you do revolves around the person you really are inside. And the person you are inside is always demonstrated by your actions, the things you do and say.

Leadership has been defined as the “ability to get followers.” For people to follow you, to subordinate their interests to yours, they must be able to believe in you and be willing to commit their time, money, and energy to you. Leadership is therefore a trust conferred upon you by others. To earn this trust, to deserve this trust, you must be true to yourself. Only then can you live in truth with everyone else in your life and work.

Perhaps the most important thing you do as a leader is to be a good role model. Lead by example. Walk the talk. Live the life.
Always carry yourself as though everyone is watching, even when no one is watching. Good leaders are completely reliable.
People can take them at their word and trust that they will do what they say. They make promises carefully, and then always keep their word- By Brian Tracy