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Aside from having over 400 wives and ritually scarring himself with the rusty Sword of Mars, it could be argued that Attila the Hun was one of the world's greatest managers.
Which is why I bought and read this thin, tongue- in-cheek volume titled "Leadership Advice from Attila the Hun."
It was amusing, in its way. I've never read a book about the art of Management before, but I doubt many of them say much about systematically pillaging and raping those who oppose you.
Anyway. I ask all of you: What makes a good leader? Or even, a good manager? This is a question that has some relevancy to my life right now, and I would appreciate some input. Serious or otherwise, however you want to respond.
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Well, I think one prerequisite is that you mustn't be afraid of bureacracy, management-speak, and lots of vague bullshit.
-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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When I was a squad leader in the Army I told my squad what I expected and what I would do if they acheived my goals. It was simple, be the best damn mortar crew in the 38th Infantry Division, and I would be the most lax leader they had.... I signed out hummers for trips to the titty-bars and the likes.... I had more people wanting to join my squad.... Then when I was the Section Sergeant I told them they had to be the best section in the Division, to get the same treatment.
As the Assistant Manager and Manager of a Colotryme in Port Huron I treated people fairly, fitting rewards and punishments to the situation.
As a supervisor for security I did the same as the above for Colortyme.
As a vacuum store manager I also did the same....
In none of these would I ever raise my voice, no matter the problem.
Treat people fairly, never get the I-am-the-Boss big head, and never have double standards, except as a punishment for you self, and never let a good job un-noticed. If a person comes to you with an idea, don't just dismiss them, listen to the idea, then explain the cons from your point of view, and see if they can come up with a better one, or if the cons are few implement the idea. People will work better. Do the things that need to be done and no one likes. For Colortyme I really hated cold calling for business, just picking a name out of the phone book and calling that person sucked, but since I did it the people I was leading would do it to the best of their ability. Setting goals and rewarding by level of acheivement also worked for moral, at Colotyme I would do the persons job for a day and they would get it off with pay, if they hit their goal.
Okay, I think I have babbled on enough.....
-------------------- "You are a terrible human, Ritten." Magnus "Urgh, you are a sick sick person..." Austin Powers A leek too, pretty much a negi.....
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Some, we did select names with addresses in areas we had customers, it had a 10% to 20% return rate on calls to contracts.....
-------------------- "You are a terrible human, Ritten." Magnus "Urgh, you are a sick sick person..." Austin Powers A leek too, pretty much a negi.....
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Can someone please define "tongue-in-cheek" for me, I can't find a good explanation anywhere and my scribes refuse to talk to me after the...incident.
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