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Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Team meetings | | English term or phrase: response before reaction | Here are some of the most common and frequently observed ‘team’ meeting behaviours…
> Team members take opinionated & subjective positions, turning away from objective assessment.
> Problems are massaged a little then brushed over, so real causes are rarely identified.
> Finger pointing, blame and recrimination get in the way of a proper analysis of facts.
> Personal and positional power plays dominate at the expense of balance and behaviour moderation.
> Emotions rule and reactions are knee-jerked, with little thoughtful discussion & considered responses.
> Team members try ever harder to improve performance but only increase frustration.
In other words we seem to be historically incapable of putting objectivity before subjectivity; causes before symptoms; facts before blame; behaviour before politics; ***response before reaction***; and a structured process before simply trying harder.
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What's exactly the difference between response and reaction? Is response just a structured/planned reaction to a given context?
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| | | English translation:considered (objective) response before knee-jerk (subjective) reaction | Explanation:
The words "response" and "reaction" are sometimes interchangeable, but here a contrast is being made between a useful thought process (response) and a poorly considered, usually highly subjective, spontaneous "reaction".
As in, "I reacted without thinking". |
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