One of my team leaders came down with chicken pox last week. Today, she returned to work as she was feeling much better. The problem was that another one of my staff discovered she was pregnant yesterday.
Just in case, I sent the lady with chicken pox home immediately because she could still be contagious - […]
The rain gushed down today like a torrent of bile from a sea-sick deity. Traffic was awful, and after about 10 minutes of waiting in a jam that wasn’t moving, I decided to high tail it to a cafe for some breakfast and attempt to navigate to the office later.
At the cafe, I examined the […]
Things have been unstable lately and a leader taking the last parachute on a plane with engine trouble doesn’t exactly spell good things.
Today, I had a very interesting discussion that lead to an epiphany of sorts. The topic of “would you quit now if somebody offered you a better job” came about because one of […]
We’ve engaged an Six Sigma/Lean Blackbelt to investigate how important stuff gets done and to find a way to do it faster. He’s supposed to be an efficiency expert.
An in-house lunch was ordered. The food was spread out buffet-style inside the meeting room for our 12.15pm meeting.
At 12.30pm, he had not shown up.
At 12.45pm, we […]
Today I laid my foot down at work.
For far too long, I have trusted my superiors to ‘do the right thing’. Every other night, we have conference calls where I give updates on critical roadblocks. Last night, I realized that they didn’t understand (because they did not want to listen) and wanted me to push […]
To be a good leader means that one has to be a good shepherd, which is an extremely difficult thing. In fact it may be the most difficult demands of leadership.
It’s always so much easier to sacrifice your people (most of them are replaceble anyway) or to let your people suffer for short-term gains. A […]
It is relatively easy to lead but it isn’t easy to be a leader.
Some people obey you because you have authority. This type of fear-inspired subordinates require the most amount of effort to manage because the moment your back is turned, they are doing the opposite of what you want them to be doing. Many […]
Being a leader is tough. The first thing you learn about being a leader is that when it all goes to hell, you go to hell with it.
Of course not everybody understands. When you stop going into details, you get accused of being incompetent or not caring enough about your job. But the devil […]
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