Category Archives: General mgmt.

Management Material

Cecil is management material.  He has many things going for him: He makes pie charts. He is a follower. He follows Philip around. He is good at suit speak. He tells Philip everything. He bonds with Philip. He always agrees with Philip. He never overtly commits to any course of action. He quickly scans Philip’s body language to know if he should support or [...]
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The Big Wage Freeze

I was chatting with one of the admins in payroll and the subject of the pay freeze came up. She laughed. Sure wages were frozen but hadn’t I noticed the rash of title changes around here?
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My Intro to IT

The lesson here is that Stepho lasted surprisingly long at that company, longer than I did. He virtually managed the office infrastructure, however incompetently and destructively, extraordinary as it sounds. He had what it took to survive as a manager.
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