Management Courage

by Margaret Morford, subtitled Having the heart of a lion.

Six principles

1. Be painfully honest
2. Never treat people identically
3. Don’t use individuals or policies as a crutch
4. Ask for and give real feedback
5. Take the blame
6. Leave soul-sucking situations

Favorite quote (so far, still reading and digesting);
” There’s too much democracy because no one wants to make anyone else unhappy.”
Attributed to Tom Rohrs, Senior Vice President of Applied Mat

~ by RMSJr on May 11, 2008.

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4 Responses to “Management Courage”

  1. I think I like #6 the best. They’re all very good and fit not just work but personal life too.

    jensmack said this on May 11, 2008 at 10:37 am | Reply

  2. Thoughts to live by. I like #2 the best. It seems to be counterintuitive for some managers and supervisors who want the easy out of handling everything the same, preferrably with a policy to cover them.

    HR-MO said this on May 12, 2008 at 11:54 am | Reply

  3. #5- If it’s your fault, own it and learn from it. Don’t use someone else as a scapegoat.

    M said this on May 14, 2008 at 1:10 pm | Reply

  4. #6 speaks to me!

    Laurie said this on May 14, 2008 at 10:09 pm | Reply

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