Book Titles

…the best bosses and followers do what they propose.

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.

…too many bosses… disrespect people’s time and dignity – especially self-absorbed bosses bent on self-glorification.

…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.

…the best bosses keep hunting for little ways to use everyone’s time and energy more efficiently and respectfully.

If you are a boss, protecting yourself from intrusions may be a lost cause… management work requires dozens – sometimes hundreds – of brief and fragmented tasks each day.

Work is more fragmented now because… e-mails and instant messages mean we are bombarded with important – and more often enticing and trivial – interruptions from anywhere in the world at any time.

…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.

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.

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…