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Archive for December 12th, 2006

Successful Managers Should Pay the LEAST Attention To

A friend of mine took an assessment test and was asked this:

Successfull managers should pay the LEAST attention to:
  • Selecting the right staff.
  • Thoroughly training all staff.
  • Setting clear goals and work standards.
  • Rewarding effective performance.
  • Weeding out poor performers.


Doesn’t that feel like one of those questions where you can’t win at all?

Isn’t it true that when a manger stops paying attention things start to fall apart?

I’d choose the first one. As a manager you are not always in a position to choose your team members. But with the others applied you can make the best even out of those you would not have chosen.

What do you think?


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A Few Bucks More?

It’s known that bribery is an important part of business; in some countries more than in others.

In some countries you are not allowed to take a bribe, but for the business it’s a taxable expense. At the moment Siemens is all over the news—an estimated € 200 million ($265 million) was supposedly put into different accounts; investigators are now talking with the top managers and board members.

Would you bribe to get a contract and enable your business to stay in business?

Do you consider it unethical to bribe?

Do you think Siemens management should have started their own investigation earlier then they did?



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