Sunday, 6 May 2012

Helpful Management advice from my dad

In all things as a manager it is terribly important to remember the Latin dictum - "Nil desporandum illigitimus carborandum", A rough translation is -
 "Don't let the bastards wear you down".


 One thing to remember as a manager is that it's obviously not your fault whatever goes wrong. Whoever it is that drops out when things get a tad difficult, it is important to know (at the very root of your soul) that it is always their fault. And, if the worse comes to the worst - say "My door is always open" and then disappear inside it and lock it. 



 Most of your mentally unbalanced staff (you will learn that they are all, to a man, completely barmy - one good game is to work out where, on the autism spectrum, they all fit) will suddenly be realising that the work is not the holiday with a bit of bed-turning that they thought it was. Add in the testosterone and oestrogen mix that lots of young people exude nowadays and you must expect a bit of trouble and dropping out. Keep your head down, blame somebody else for everything that goes wrong - and you have probably got most of management sorted out.


Another good tip is to walk around the place, really quickly, with a big bit of paper in your hand or under your arm, looking really annoyed - and most people will keep out of your way and stop giving you grief.



He is a wise man my dad

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