Vana, quoting Ben, says:
> > When we reach the workforce and take a position in an organization we
> > carry with us the belief that people don't really care about us as
> > individuals, but instead only value us when we do what they
> want/expect.
> > This belief is reinforced in a command-and-control environment.
> >
> > The tragedy is that the full intelligence and ability of people is seldom
> > harnassed when they're not able to fully express themselves at work.
>
> I found Ben's thoughts on this subject very timely and
> thought provoking. How often do we inadvertently squash the creativity,
> enthusiasm,
> intelligence, and productivity of our knowledge workers by
> continuing to manage them as if they were grinding widgets for a living?
> I
> wish it were not so, but I have to concur that our business environments
> are not a very healthy place for fostering the best in us.
Folks, if you are managers, and this is the plight of the people who work
with you, I suggest you are not paying attention to you own words. Our
factory is a community of practice. When we are forced to lay people off
(as we did today, 380 of them because of GM and Delphi strikes) we cry
together, hug each other and promise to make it right at the earliest
opportuntiy. In our world, hourly people and salaried people take the
same courses, talk the same talks, sit together on Friday afternoons to
talk about Deming, Covey, Senge, Jesus, and Buddha. Ben recently quoted
Covey on empowerment. Go back to that message and study it wisely.
John Zavacki
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