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To: toddlintown
Good managers are very hard to find/develop. There are many who want the authority and title but are ill suited to the job. However, there is not anyone better waiting in the wings. When I went into commission sales, I was told that one in a hundred recruits would stay a year. Only one in 1000 is management material. Most of the people who complain either couldn't or wouldn't take that job, at all.

It is also true that managers reflect the culture of upper management. My son, a software programmer, has been wanting a promotion. I explained to him that would make him part of the team of upper management that he criticizes. He will have to convince them that he is one of them to get it.

20 posted on 08/03/2007 5:07:25 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: ClaireSolt

“Good managers are very hard to find/develop. There are many who want the authority and title but are ill suited to the job.”

This is my boss exactly. Can’t make a simple decision without asking his boss.


52 posted on 08/03/2007 9:43:56 AM PDT by art_rocks
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