This post is a reflection on leadership. I started thinking about it when I was watching In The Shadow of the Moon on tv last night. At one point, with my spine tingling, I watched a slow motion lift-off of Apollo 11.
And I thought, “Men and women did that” – designing, engineering and manufacturing the [...]

People are intelligent, resourceful and want to a good job. Many have these things throttled out of them as the years go by.

Some questions for you:
Do you listen to the people you are responsible for?
How do you see them?
Are they to be trusted? Would they waste all their time on Facebook if they weren’t watched [...]

This blog is for practicing managers trying to do a good job, but who are often operating in unsupportive, chaotic, destructively political, stressful and resource-constrained workplaces.

You are already hyper-busy. Why might you want to find the time to come here? Here are a few reasons:
You will find sympathy, empathy and people from whom you can [...]