Your dog sits at home, biding her time until your return. But then…
Hey, look! Someone’s coming! It’s The Letter Carrier! He’s not One Of Us! I have to protect hearth and home!
Bark! Bark bark! Bark bark bark bark bark! Bark bark bark bark bark bark!
Yay! He’s leaving! Yay! My barking worked! Just like the last time! Yay! I’m a good dog! Yay!
Given no other direction, every dog will make up her own job description, and then attempt to execute it flawlessly, regardless of true causality. Because dogs are working animals, and working animals need jobs.*
So do the people in your organization.
Seems like a good idea to be directing that, lest anyone in your company start barking at The Letter Carrier.
* Thanks to Jill at Jabula Dog Academy for teaching Sparky and me this valuable lesson.
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