Elephant in the Room

It is in the room and everybody knows it, yet nobody is doing or saying anything about it. What is it? It is the elephant topic that is “off limits”. These untouchable elephants are the work of a leadership team that is lacking the courage to face some issues head on. It makes maneuvering around the elephant a chore for everyone causing distress and angst that saps productivity out of your organization.

The elephant exists because of lack of accountability. Some leader owns the situation, yet has not yet demonstrated the will and skill to deal with it. Because of some unwritten rule or relationship this behavior continues and renders an organization dysfunctional. There are others in the organization who suffer consequences for not dealing with issues in View the rest of this article