How willing are you to call out hidden agendas that are unproductive and slowing down projects?

Our reader poll today asks: How willing are you to call out hidden agendas that are unproductive and slowing down projects?

• Very: I have zero patience for hidden agendas that affect team work 29.91%
• Somewhat: But I only call them out when they’re blatant and obvious 54.52%
• Not very: I have a hard time calling them out and hope someone else will 13.39%
• Not at all: I always back away from conflict like this 2.18%

Shining a spotlight on hidden agendas. Many of you call out hidden agendas when you see them in an effort to reach productive resolution. For the 55% of you who only do it when it’s blatant, consider calling them out when they’re less egregious. Once people learn not to play games and hide agendas, they’ll be less likely to do so around you and therefore you’ll deal with fewer egregious situations. For the 15% of you who are reluctant to call these situations out, realize that if they’re not, these people become emboldened to continue doing it in more and more situations. Perhaps start with a one-on-one conversation about a lesser item so you can get comfortable with doing so and work your way up to calling these unproductive behaviors out more confidently in the future.

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 240,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.