In a poll taken in 1990, and yearly thereafter, employees were asked if they
liked their boss; trusted their boss, and bought into their boss` ideas and
goals. (They should have left their company). 70% said they didn't.
What does that tell you? Kemper
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>I saw the Kemper posting [(Thu Jan16) Re: What Goals Should a
>Leadership...] as gross generalizations and overall as being cynical
>reflections.
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>Example:"...management... still doesn't trust the people working for/with
>them."
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>There are functional, and ranked (with priveleges), managers who lead well,
>and talk with and listen to their bosses and hirelings... I work for one.
>She makes good decisions. She teaches, trains, mentors, and models skill in
>personal time management, technical skills and human relations. She is
>raising the glass ceiling too.
>
>"Aberration" is too strong a term. My boss is not the only one around. She
>is not a rarity. She may be in the minority, however. The fact that
>exceptional people are less numerous than the average person is what makes
>them exceptional. Abnormal??
>(I don't want to play with the semantics beyond this.)
>
>Kemper's cynicism expressed toward the general field of "leadership" is not
>without merit, but I would ask Kemper and those with similar views to
>reflect on the possibility of their view being poisoned by their local
>knowledge (as impacted by poor managers, vindictive attitudes, non team
>players, etc.)
>
>This is not to infer that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory doesn't
>have cynics and saboteurs of leadership. We have a largely scientific
>community, of which most leadership positions are filled with PhD's.
> (Now here comes Cate's generalizations!!):
>The scientists and business managers here have been trained as cynics. Some
>may seem to act as saboteurs to leadership. Their buy-in is not immediate.
>They do not easily accept change pressed by others without validation of
>the whys and wherefores.
>However, as I see them: They are committed to success. They make this place
>run. They are in charge. They have ideas, vision, committment to mission,
>and persuade Congress to provide funding. They make bucks. They want
>excellence. They are not perfect. They are leaders. They challenge
>everything.
>
>Some are autocrats here. My boss isn't the only one who isn't .
>Some are better at swimming with sharks than others.
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>Corey
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>Corey G. Cate
>Training Project Manager
>Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate
>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
>P.O. Box 808 L-353
>Livermore, CA 94550
>email:
cate1@llnl.gov
>
>Visit the C&MS Web pages at:
http://cms.llnl.gov
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