What Best Mnagers Know & Do

The Webster Dictionary defines a FACT as “the quality of being actual; something that has actual existence; a piece of information presented as having objective reality; something that hinges on evidence”.

The concept of selling something contains the implication that the prospective buyer has a choice.

Managers, do your subordinates work under, for, or with you?

“I keep six honest serving men they taught me all I knew, their names were what and where and when and how and why and who“ Rudyard Kipling On many occasions in this series of articles, I refer to “Untested Assumptions”, as one of a manager’s worst enemie…

During a cross-country flight, I once struck up a conversation with a fellow frequent flier about our professions and the various challenges we faced.

When a manager cannot let go or trust subordinates to do their job sufficiently, the micromanager steps in and either does it themself, or insists the job be done their way.

A common criticism of management, is the announcement of an important decision with little explanation, rationale, or indication of the precise results they hope to achieve.

As I write this series of articles entitled “A Management Vice”, I find myself unable to decide which of them is more irritating, infuriating, frustrating, or just plain unacceptable.

Abandoning Ship is a close relative of rejecting blame but it has a different set of dynamics and insidiousness.

All managers, by definition are the “Captain of the ship”.