Be the Orb Spider of Managers
Next time you’re thinking about delegating, ask yourself: Is this something I am uniquely suited to do? If not, be like the orb spider.
Next time you’re thinking about delegating, ask yourself: Is this something I am uniquely suited to do? If not, be like the orb spider.
We live in a capitalist economy and that means people work for money. We managers know that, we are doing it ourselves. And yet, we feel entitled to mess with people’s lives every time we have a new job opening? Bullshit.
I recently had cause to ask Google: “How to stop from crying in meetings.” Never mind how this usually well-adjusted, NTEN Award-winning professional with scads of experience and a healthy ego found herself bawling and typing this search phrase on a trans-bay bus; because it doesn’t matter. What matters is that most of us have…