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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:
As managers, we’re bound to this illusion. It’s time to let go and really see what our employees can do.
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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:
…a powerful way to face adversity is to name it. Now that we have a name for it, use it.
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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:
To be trusted to do your job. To be treated like an adult. Isn’t that worth almost anything?
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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:
If you could be… [trusted and treated like an adult and] given that kind of control and freedom, then wouldn’t you work your ass off to deliver results?
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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:
…contrary to how they are seen in business culture, managers and directors are people too.
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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:
..once [managers] start to figure out how to go from parent to mentor, from boss to leader, they emerge with a richer relationship with their people.
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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:
When your employees aren’t performing, talk to them. Find out why rather than focus on how hard they’re working or the amount of hours they’re putting in, focus on the work itself.
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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:
Many policies are not government-regulated policies – they’re internal rules that make children out of adults.
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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:
We need to get real about the employee manual. It’s culture that makes the place go, not rules in a book nobody reads…
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Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It:
…if you’re delivering… results, and your company is benefiting, then there is no reason why they should have the right to make you sit in a cubicle from eight to five.
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