Over the course of my career in PR, I have met quite a number of people and boy, were they characters. There were those who couldn’t take feedback and “poisoned” other participants to turn against the facilitator, there were also those who claimed to have 18 years or writing experience yet had nothing to show for it – what about the ones who was all sugar and spice in front but then stabbed your back at the first chance – then of course there was the curious case of the newbie to Corporate Communications who acted like she’d been doing it for 10 years and counting when she’s been in it for just over a month. Meeting these individuals made me understand why PR in Malaysia has such a bad rep – it’s not the industry, but some of the people in it.
What people don’t understand is that there is a difference between facilitating a PR workshop, to the actual business of public relations. When conducting a class, one can either be nice and kind or be brutally honest about how people are on the outside. And if you can’t take it, then get out and go do something that will not stress you out at all.
As a facilitating consultant I am here to equip you with enough skills that will empower you to begin a cleaner and clearer writing process. I am here to be brutally honest, to the point that it might be hard for you – but if you take it with a good attitude, you’ll find that you’ll develop skills you thought you had but in actual fact didn’t. If you think I’m here to be your friend and not stress you out because apparently you are already stressed out at work, then please by all means, join other workshops that sound great but leave you with nothing when its done.
What people don’t understand is that there is a difference between facilitating a PR workshop, to the actual business of public relations. When conducting a class, one can either be nice and kind or be brutally honest about how people are on the outside. And if you can’t take it, then get out and go do something that will not stress you out at all.
As a facilitating consultant I am here to equip you with enough skills that will empower you to begin a cleaner and clearer writing process. I am here to be brutally honest, to the point that it might be hard for you – but if you take it with a good attitude, you’ll find that you’ll develop skills you thought you had but in actual fact didn’t. If you think I’m here to be your friend and not stress you out because apparently you are already stressed out at work, then please by all means, join other workshops that sound great but leave you with nothing when its done.
6 comments:
Incompetent individuals will always try harder to make others look bad. This is all due to their insecurity.
Keep it up girl. I have learnt to ignore the "bitches" and learn to listen to those who speak the truth and most importantly myself.
From the little ecperience that i have, i learnt that you can't always be nice with people especially when reality matters.. The IDIOTS will always be there anywhere you go, i would focus more to people who's willing to share and focus. The others **** you...
ignorant people is like a stained carpet...i think...we brush it off and if it is still there, throw the carpet away...and if we manage to clean it off,we gonna keep the carpet...
there is no point of helping em if they dont want to be helped...
Don't bother with the people who are insecure. They will wasting our time just like wasting their own time to do nothing. They will never be the one they want to be, because just the simple feedback which can make them a big different, they couldn't take it. How these corporate people help their organization improve better?
People who cannot take feedback from others would not go far in their life as they lost a chance to improve themselve.
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