At a Department Meeting, One of Your Employees Tells Another

Multiple Choice

At a department meeting, one of your employees tells another that his idea for a project "is pretty dumb."She then advises the employee on what she believes is a better strategy, which the rest of the group finds acceptable and tells him to implement. When you meet with that employee later, he is uncertain how to proceed. Chances are, he didn't hear her comments completely because

A) He simply wasn't paying attention.
B) He did not focus on the speaker generously because her comment distracted him.
C) He made assumptions that she would do the work because it was her idea.
D) He was listening for feelings rather than facts.
E) None of the above.