"Did Adam have a navel?"
, Jacques Dutronc wondered in his song
We hide everything, we are told nothing
... Some of our colleagues have made it their personal hymn, revealing an unappealing facet of their personality: their navel-gazing.
Cases who test positive for navel-gazing do not always have melon: it can even happen that they lack self-confidence.
On the other hand, they need the whole organization around them to comply with their little habits and their comfort.
They find it only natural for the company to adapt to them.
Read also: "The people who matter in the office" # 31: The patient (imaginary)!
The most interesting and impressive thing about navel-gazing is that the fault has no connection with hierarchy or power: navelists are not always in the upper echelons of management.
They can just as easily be collaborators of a team ... and cause discord!
Because discussing in good understanding - according to the tic of fashionable language - with a colleague who only has eyes for his navel is complex for an obvious reason: he makes fun of everything that does not concern him.
The navelist is treated on a case by case basis.
If he is an average employee, he will sail from team to team, from post to post, with his flaw that everyone knows.
On the other hand, if the navelist is in a high position, it is necessary to compose with him and not against him ... It is precisely when you are directed by a navelist that times can be rough!
The big lottery of management and hierarchical relationships sometimes gives rise to perilous situations ...
For the sake of this column, please feel free to share your own experience of important people by writing to qperinel@lefigaro.fr.
