Question 1: Tannenbaum sent the emails before fully thinking through everything. When he sent the email to Barry, he wasn’t thinking about the consequences. He thought he could trust him and use him as a means to vent. Sadly, a lot of information travels and because Howard was so upset, he emailed all of the managers with accusations, making them feel as if he thought they were at fault. This ruins his whole relationship with his employees, at no time should you make your employees feel as if they have all collaboratively done something wrong. I feel that Tannenbaum sent those emails to his friend Barry first because he felt that he could trust him as a longtime friend to vent because he did not have trust, faith or a relationship with any of his managers. …show more content…
This accusation made everyone feel as though they were at fault. He should have communicated with candor, and used “I statements.” Tannenbaum should have experienced many occasions where he had to communicate with his managers about multiple issues within the company. He should have held a meeting with all his managers about the issues because once you lose the trust and respect of your employees it’s very difficult to regain their trust and loyalty. He also inappropriately emailed his staff in an angry state which decreased his ability to effectively communicate. In order to build good, trusting relationships with his employees, he needs to use candor and make them feel comfortable and accepted in their work environment. He will lose employee he needs if he continues the same work/communication