Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 13th April 2015

Dilbert//9494, first published 11 years ago on Monday 13th April 2015

Embellishing Resume At Work

Tags

leadership, self-promotion, embellishment, managers

Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - Wally Invents the two-handled coffee mug

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES KEEPS EMBELLISHING HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IF HE WORKS IN ENGINEERING, FIRE HIM. IF HE WORKS IN MARKETING, PROMOTE HIM.

HE DOESN'T WORK AT ALL.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A LEADER ON YOUR HANDS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Leadership by Inaction"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a conversation between an employee and their manager. The employee is frustrated with the manager's lack of leadership, as they fail to take action on their accomplishments and instead focus on promoting others.

Key Points:

• The employee's accomplishments are not recognized or rewarded.
• The manager promotes others instead of recognizing the employee's work.
• The employee feels undervalued and unappreciated.
• The manager's lack of action is seen as a form of leadership by inaction.

Overall:

The comic strip highlights the importance of effective leadership and recognition of employees' accomplishments. It suggests that a lack of action can be just as damaging as poor leadership.

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