Author: Роман Петров — 786
Help the weak.
In this post I talked about the neutral position. So as not to be misunderstood: what I meant was not neutrality but a way of assessing a situation “as if…
About the polygraph
Some companies and organizations are trying to use polygraphs as one of the filtering stages in the hiring process. What I’m about to write may be criticized by “polygraph experts,”…
Don’t confuse care with worry.
When you worry about something or feel stressed, it doesn’t mean you care about whether something happens. Stress is unproductive. Care is productive. Often, managers use stress as a motivator,…
About ingratiation
Often, managers primarily strive to be liked by their subordinates. Instead of fostering a sense of responsibility in their team, they turn a blind eye to their employees’ shortcomings. They…
Why am I so busy?
I even come home and I’m still focused on work. I’m constantly thinking about it. I can’t seem to get anything done. I’m always being interrupted. I have dinner with…
I gave you the conditions — now get to work.
There is an opinion that a good “human resource” wants to work on their own and will do so if you just provide the conditions for work—salary, a computer, a…
Quote
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.Dwight Eisenhower
If you are a manager
Try asking each participant at the next weekly meeting about whom they would like to recognize among those present and why. In any case, this will be better than going…
Horse’s fate
Once upon a time, there was a peasant. He bought himself a horse and hitched it to a plow. He was plowing with it. The plow was old and heavy,…
Mutual guarantee
Often, in an attempt to foster a team spirit among subordinates or to encourage people in a group to work together without external influence from a manager, a leader implements…
Human Resource Management · Motivation
Bitches, sir.
The newspaper “Business” asked me to provide a comment regarding lifetime employment. I wrote a text, which is presented below, but it was successfully cut down to the point where…
A herd of bison
Everyone remembers the famous joke that a herd of bison runs at the speed of the slowest bison, so we should drink alcohol that kills off the weak nerve cells,…
Human Resource Management · Motivation
Either take off the cross or put on some underwear.
A serious majority of managers make one equally serious mistake in management. On one hand, they directly link employee compensation to productivity, trying to ensure that workers are always thinking…
Leadership · Management · Motivation
To swim, you need to swim.
SHIFU: But a peach cannot defeat Tai Lung!OOGWAY: Maybe it can. If you are willing to guide it, to nurture it. To believe in it.SHIFU: But how? How? I need your help, Master.No, you just need…
Janitor Ernest
I have a janitor in my yard. He’s magnificent. There are very few like him. His name is Ernest. It’s a nice name, isn’t it? He’s a good person, and…
Discworld
What you have told us is rubbish.The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, «What is…
Listen before you speak.
It doesn’t matter how well or beautifully you speak if your words are going to break against the inner… defense a person. And if your task involves leading other people,…
In order for a person to accept
Some kind of agreement or rules; we just need to make him the author or co-author of these rules. When I was changing the motivation system in one company, I…
Management · Motivation · Sales
What do bad salespeople sell?
Bad salespeople are actually very good at selling their activity to their manager. They convince their manager that they are “doing everything possible.” However, they do not achieve results. In…
Management · Motivation · Sales
Common stereotype
I constantly encounter the opinion that “real salespeople” should be motivated by money. The more extreme version of this belief suggests that it’s impossible to see someone as a good…