This is the follow-up from the earlier post dealing with field sabotage which was based on the guidance in The Simple Sabotage Field Manual .
It’s my tick list, updated from the 1944 CIA field manual, section that covers; ‘general interference with organisations and production‘. It’s also got a few personal irritations thrown in.
Print it off and enjoy identifying the saboteurs in your meetings.
How to use it? If you spot a behavior, give the person a score between 1 and
10. 10 is an extreme example, a definite saboteur, 1 is a ‘good guy’. For anyone who scores more than 50 out of a 100, you might need to think about intervention, like corrective behavior techniques…….. NO! Only joking!
Please use this as intended, a bit of fun.
Spot the meeting saboteur checklist
| No. | Behavior & Phrases Used | Score out of 10 | Target (optional) |
| 1 | Returning to previous decisions or points dealt with earlier | ||
| 2 | “Let me play devil’s advocate……” | ||
| 3 | “We need to be very cautious here”.. when we obviously don’t | ||
| 4 | Not engaging in any practical activity | ||
| 5 | Quoting rules, policy and procedure | ||
| 6 | “I totally agree with what you are saying”, then proceeding to disagree |
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| 7 | Doing or saying nothing for long spells | ||
| 8 | Constant fiddling with a smart phone, laptop or some other device | ||
| 9 | Using the boss as a threat, constantly. “Mr Big / Ms Important said / wants / demands / thinks the following…..” | ||
| 10 | Making grandiose statements with nothing to back them up. Usually nothing to do with the point being discussed |
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