Every week on the show, Undercover Boss, a CEO or Senior Executive disguises themselves as someone else for one reason: to spend a day in the life of one of their employees and to see what is really happening inside their organizations.
Now this might seem a little extreme just to get some feedback and perspective but the truth is senior leaders want and need feedback on the day-to-day. And the lesson for all leaders today is one of communicating upward. Check out the episode below to learn more.
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From This Episode:
What you learn from Undercover Boss is that everything is planned, scripted, and staged. Most of those bosses cannot be that incredibly dumb and it takes a dim employee to know they are on camera and diss their boss, their workplace, etc. Each episode usually ends by the highly paid exec gives someone a few hundred bucks.
Parker – thanks for your comments. As I tell my daughter, reality TV is TV and reality. Conflict is needed to make it compelling, to be sure. Having spoken with a CEO who has participated, I can tell you it isn’t completely scripted though!