Posted on 02/14/2009 6:43:19 AM PST by KeyLargo
Ping...I’m thinking JM.
You bring up something that most people don’t realize or don’t want to realize. I also was in the electronics industry. Managers that are highly experienced, are stronger leaders than those with less experience in the field that they are managing. The article said, without really tuning in on the point, that students that scored high in the SAT tests, did better than the others in the math situation. This relates to experience.
I worked for a large company that wanted to do a study that put minorities and women in management positions where there were none, regardless of their experience. They felt that they could be trained to manage any group. Gotta give the company credit for trying, but...........it failed totally. It ended up that 90% of them either were fired or they went back to their production jobs.
Remember the idea of “Work smarter, not harder.”? Employees will figure out if a manager knows his or her stuff real fast. Same goes for the people in this country when it comes to their politicians. If Obama succeeds, it will not be due to his experience or abilities. It will be due to those around him or others in Washington. If it seems that he is going to fail, you will see people getting as far away from him as possible.
DAMN! Now my charade has been exposed!
In big pharma, the most corrupt and absolutely ruthless rise to the top.
Except for my (now retired) mentor. He was an excellent boss, and I (and several others) rose with him to middle management.
The rest? They’d rape their grandmothers if it would get them a bigger quarterly bonus.
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