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Business Rule #37:
Involve Your Audience
November 4, 2005
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Clay also put his foot in his mouth when he referred to Adam as an “uptight Jew,” or words to that effect. Adam was terribly offended and said he could tell that audience members were too. What started as Adam’s disarmingly honest confession that he’s a nice Jewish boy who’s not comfortable discussing sex, had inadvertently turned into an insult when Clay tried to repeat it.
Excel won the challenge with an average score of 7.07 compared to 6.98 for Capital Edge. Adam, Markus and Alla all separately blamed Clay’s anti-Semitic and salacious remarks as the reason they lost the challenge.
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Predictably, Adam brought Clay and Markus back into the boardroom. Clay was on the defensive for his “uptight Jew” comment. Clay explained that he had apologized to Adam, but it wasn’t until Adam said that he really didn’t think that Clay is an anti-Semite that Donald Trump let Clay off the hook.
As for Markus, his inability to organize his thoughts and express them clearly was evident to everyone in the boardroom. George nailed Markus for dodging the questions Trump put to him. Not a good sign. Carolyn Kepcher pointed out that Markus’s approach to the game had been to criticize the efforts of his teammates, sit back doing as little as possible, and then say, “I told you so,” when his team failed.
Remember that you have to be a participant yourself. Regardless of whether you agree with the direction management is taking, it’s important to support the team effort. Markus, your sit-on-the-sidelines strategy finally caught up with you. You’re fired.
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Remember that you have to be a participant yourself.
