Ducks In A Row: As You Think, So Shall You Lead
by Miki Saxon
I’ve mentioned from time to time that there are the two basic principles that you need to believe in if you want to implement the kind of culture that I and most other pundits describe.
Here’s the first one.
People are intelligent, motivated, and they genuinely want to support their company in achieving its objectives.
Sadly, many managers don’t believe this. They may say they do, but deep down their thoughts run more along the lines of ‘people are stupid, lazy and don’t really give a damn’.
I’ve know managers who would actually say this out loud, while in others it’s buried so deeply they may not even realize it themselves—but they all manage accordingly.
The second principle is even more open to distortion.
People are most productive when they receive all the information needed all at once to do their job efficiently.
Based on the games so many managers play perhaps we should rewrite it—
People are most productive when they receive all the information needed all at once to do their job efficiently.
Not dribbled out over the course of the project, given grudgingly or only when asked and then only the narrowest parameter forcing the employee to return over and over.
You would think that managers would do everything in their power to create an environment that enabled the highest levels of creativity and productivity.
But for better or worse, what they produce in fact is a reflection of their MAP.
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February 10th, 2009 at 8:36 am
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