Anecdotal Data Is Not Incidental

Strategic Planning Is Not Strategic Thinking. Indeed, Strategic Planning Often Spoils Strategic Thinking, Causing Managers To Confuse Real Vision With The Manipulation Of Numbers.

Empowerment Is What Managers Do To People. Engagement Is What Managers Do With People.

The Great Myth Is The Manager As Orchestra Conductor. It's This Idea Of Standing On A Pedestal And You Wave Your Baton And Accounting Comes In, And You Wave It Somewhere Else And Marketing Chimes In With Accounting, And They All Sound Very Glorious. But Management Is More Like Orchestra Conducting During Rehearsals, When Everything Is Going Wrong.

We're All Flawed, But Basically, Effective Managers Are People Whose Flaws Are Not Fatal Under The Circumstances. Maybe The Best Managers Are Simply Ordinary, Healthy People Who Aren't Too Screwed Up.

An Obsession With Control Generally Seems To Reflect A Fear Of Uncertainty.