[Grizzly]

<p>We have a bi-weekly team meeting, all 16 of us together.  Much fun and frolic.</p>
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<p>Monthly we have departmental forums, all several hundred of us including partners overseas.  Much fun and frolic.</p>
<p>Following THAT meeting we have a manager's bearpit where the beatings continue until morale improves.  This meeting is in conflict with my team meeting.  So I put it to my team via the wonderful Outlook voting buttons that they had a choice between holding our meeting or rescheduling it.</p>
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<p>Two options:  Cancel or Hold it.  No other options.   Instead I get "I dunno...", "go with what you think best" </p>
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<p>See, now I know where I went wrong.  I shoulda made it three options and included "Whip It Out"</p>

 

[Mrtambalynman]

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Embrace your inner autocrat and do what you want! <br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Grizzly</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/72355/adventures-in-demotivation-or-democracy-in-inaction#post_1979746"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>We have a bi-weekly team meeting, all 16 of us together.  Much fun and frolic.</p>
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<p>Monthly we have departmental forums, all several hundred of us including partners overseas.  Much fun and frolic.</p>
<p>Following THAT meeting we have a manager's bearpit where the beatings continue until morale improves.  This meeting is in conflict with my team meeting.  So I put it to my team via the wonderful Outlook voting buttons that they had a choice between holding our meeting or rescheduling it.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Two options:  Cancel or Hold it.  No other options.   Instead I get "I dunno...", "go with what you think best" </p>
<p> </p>
<p>See, now I know where I went wrong.  I shoulda made it three options and included "Whip It Out"</p>
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[Grizzly]

<p>Bah!  I don't want sheeple, I want people to feel empowered to make stoopid decisions.</p>

 

[Mrtambalynman]

<p><br>
Baaaaah. <br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Grizzly</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/72355/adventures-in-demotivation-or-democracy-in-inaction#post_1979882"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Bah!  I don't want sheeple, I want people to feel empowered to make stoopid decisions.</p>
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[jebba]

<p>In response to the the "do whatever you want" replies, maybe you should set the meeting at an inconvenient time at an inconvenient location.  International House of Pancakes at 1:45 am.</p>

 

[Grizzly]

<p>I did just that Jebba, but just for them...</p>
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<p>"You're kidding, right?"</p>
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<p>One wrote back:  "Lesson learned.  Thanks".</p>