Category Archive: sabotage

Angry People can Sabotage Workplace Improvement


On my blog, I have written about the issues around people “going postal” and about the many different ways that they might sabotage workplace performance. You can find that article here. And I… Continue reading

People who feel attacked will get institutionalized defenses


If people feel that they are being attacked, they will eventually band together and formalize their defenses. They have lots of ways to accomplish this structural defensiveness. The key is to identify the… Continue reading

Sabotage and Worker Disengagement – The Pin Hits the Balloon


It takes a lot of crap for people to finally get mad, but when they do, you can often hear a loud, “POP” as the pin hits the balloon. You can expect no… Continue reading