THE THREE QUESTION RULE
It's easy to be more likeable once you know these simple tips
Our boss would walk the shop floor every Thursday afternoon. "Mingle with the operators" was evidently on his calendar. Here's how those management drive-bys always went.
"How's it going?" he would ask.
"Good," I would say. "How about you?"
"Not bad," he would say. "But let me tell you..." and he would spend the next five minutes talking about himself. Or his job. Or his peers. Or his boss. Or his family.
Me? I would stand, and listen, and keep moving -- while still occasionally maintaining eye contact so it seemed like I was interested but also busy, because he was a pain but he was still my boss -- until he moved on to the next person.
As managers went, he was OK. But none of us particularly liked him.
And now I know why.
He never followed the Three Questions Rule...
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