Last week Mark Zuckerberg made the news yet, again and again, we learn something new about his vision for his company and how fiercely he\u2019s willing to protect it.<\/p>\n
If you haven\u2019t heard by now, Mr. Zuckerberg was\u00a0caught on leaked audio\u00a0files discussing his plans if Elizabeth Warren were to be elected President of the United States. It should come as no surprise that Zuckerberg is willing to fight it out when it comes to his company and future visions, but what about those audio files, is that really fair?<\/p>\n
Why does it seem like we only get the true visions and feelings from unauthorized personal recordings? If you run a company and you\u2019re talking to employees or the board, should you say things that you\u2019re going to have to defend? There\u2019s a lot to unpack there. We can\u2019t be shocked when these things happen anymore, they\u2019re frequent enough that these recordings have to be a thought or in the least planned on.<\/p>\n
When you\u2019re a high profile individual, whether an owner, a brand president, an agent, a billionaire, you have to be thinking that you\u2019re always being recorded. It\u2019s shitty, but it\u2019s really the only way I can see\u00a0how to be prepared. A quick internet search for \u201cleaked audio\u201d will show you just how common this tends to be. Hell, Google Trends even shows a nice little graph over the past five years, I\u2019ll spare you the look, it\u2019s up over that time.\u00a0Don\u2019t even get me started with the leaks coming out of Washington, either, ugh.<\/p>\n
You have to be prepared, start thinking about it more and more. If you\u2019re ever in a situation and you find yourself saying something that maybe later you\u2019d phrase a little differently, take the time and think it all the way through. Sure, this sounds like obvious advice, but it\u2019s important to remember.<\/p>\n
It really shouldn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re the newest hire or oldest manager saying something inappropriate, unethical, misleading, or\u00a0downright mean\u00a0isn\u2019t going to be tolerated or accepted in most cases. Now, we\u2019ve all got that friend that\u2019s the habitual line stepper so we shouldn\u2019t pretend we\u2019re perfect all the time either, or so easily offended.<\/p>\n
Bottom line: Don\u2019t be a dummy and say something you\u2019ll regret later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week Mark Zuckerberg made the news yet, again and again, we learn something new about his vision for his … <\/p>\n