Comment Honest Management - Or A New Job! (Score 1) 562
If you work for a company that can not take constructive feedback and improve the business, you need to find another job. Some of the stories posted here are great examples of how to tell you are working for the WRONG company!
I have been a CIO and a CEO of businesses, and we always need to hear what is going on in any business unit - including IT. But management that can not digest constructive feedback is not worth working for.
There is some good advice here, especially the advice about being relevant and being solution oriented. Also keep in mind that the CEO of a business needs to "abstract" problems from lower levels of the organization. If you say "our computers are slow and crappy" then he (or she) might think "we need to re-examine the capital equipment purchase cycle." This does not mean you were not heard - it just means the message was processed from a different level of abstraction.
Go and have a good time. Try to understand them, and look for signs they are (at least) trying to understand you. If you make a little progress, great! If nothing else, make them pick up the tab!
I have been a CIO and a CEO of businesses, and we always need to hear what is going on in any business unit - including IT. But management that can not digest constructive feedback is not worth working for.
There is some good advice here, especially the advice about being relevant and being solution oriented. Also keep in mind that the CEO of a business needs to "abstract" problems from lower levels of the organization. If you say "our computers are slow and crappy" then he (or she) might think "we need to re-examine the capital equipment purchase cycle." This does not mean you were not heard - it just means the message was processed from a different level of abstraction.
Go and have a good time. Try to understand them, and look for signs they are (at least) trying to understand you. If you make a little progress, great! If nothing else, make them pick up the tab!
