Comments on: Little Napoleons on the ship… don’t be one! http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/05/30/little-napoleons-on-the-ship-dont-be-one/ Get a grip! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Simonsays http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/05/30/little-napoleons-on-the-ship-dont-be-one/#comment-2188 Wed, 31 May 2006 03:59:44 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/05/30/little-napoleons-on-the-ship-dont-be-one/#comment-2188 That's where the taukeh steps in, to motivate the bored team members to "excel, boys and girls, to higher heights... to go boldly where no man has ever gone before!!! Beam me up, Scotty". Then the staff look at him, at each other, and continue to IM each other about gossip. That’s where the taukeh steps in, to motivate the bored team members to “excel, boys and girls, to higher heights… to go boldly where no man has ever gone before!!! Beam me up, Scotty”.

Then the staff look at him, at each other, and continue to IM each other about gossip.

]]> by: gbyeow http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/05/30/little-napoleons-on-the-ship-dont-be-one/#comment-2178 Tue, 30 May 2006 09:45:46 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/05/30/little-napoleons-on-the-ship-dont-be-one/#comment-2178 All the companies I've been with run by the second rule of self management. It works for some but not others. Ultimately depends on the individual's mentality. Some people prefer to be led and dictated to. As for the motivation that came about with change, it might very well be a short spurt of juice. The novelty of self management wears off over time. If the environment and the situation is not conducive for such management styles, it will eventually run out of steam. Unless the work is able to sustain a person's interest over an extended period and the individual is dedicated to his work, leaving someone to their own devices is almost always a bad choice. As they say, different people different tastes. One man's meat, another man's poison. All the companies I’ve been with run by the second rule of self management. It works for some but not others. Ultimately depends on the individual’s mentality. Some people prefer to be led and dictated to.

As for the motivation that came about with change, it might very well be a short spurt of juice. The novelty of self management wears off over time. If the environment and the situation is not conducive for such management styles, it will eventually run out of steam. Unless the work is able to sustain a person’s interest over an extended period and the individual is dedicated to his work, leaving someone to their own devices is almost always a bad choice.

As they say, different people different tastes. One man’s meat, another man’s poison.

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