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The best bosses let the workers do their work. They protect their people from red tape, meddlesome executives, nosy visitors, unnecessary meetings, and a host of other insults, intrusions and time wasters.
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…if you want your people to have more time to do work, be treated with dignity, and be proud to work for you, then start and end meetings on time.
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…as a boss, the more trivial and unnecessary intrusions you can absorb, the more work your people will do and the less their mental health will suffer.
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Unfortunately, sometimes the best thing for your people – and your career – is to cave in to these silly demands and do as you are told.
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Good bosses try to cooperate with superiors and do what is best for their organizations, but they realize that defiance can be required to protect their people and themselves…
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…sometimes [bosses] encourage their people to join them in doing a crummy job. And such intentional ineptitude is sometimes the best option for enhancing performance and collective humanity.
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Sociologists will tell you that feeling besieged by an enemy has an upside, as it brings people together to fight the common threat.
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To succeed at their jobs, your people need the right materials and tools, and enough money.
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…as a boss, you can earn credibility with your people by demonstrating that you will go to war for them every now and then – even over fairly trivial things.
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We human beings are quirky creatures, something that no boss should ever forget.
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