confessions of a reformed control freak the power point
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Short overview of the "Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them" taken from my book of the same title. Available on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1463722273/TRANSCRIPT
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Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak ©
The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them ©
www.briansmithpld.com
B. R. Smith
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Managers vs. Leaders
Worth Remembering …
“The real impediment to producing a higher quality product more efficiently aren’t the workers, union or non-union, it’s management”
- Kenneth Iverson
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21st Century Management
Worth Remembering …
“We are being judged by a new yardstick; not just by how smart we are, or by our training and expertise, but also by how well we handle ourselves and each other.”
- Daniel Goleman Ph.D. – Emotional Intelligence
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Confession Number One
• There is no such thing as common sense.
There is no such thing as “Common Sense”
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Common Sense Revisited
Worth Remembering …
“We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us”
- Francois La Rochefoucald
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Confession Number Two
You Can’t Motivate People
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Need + Attitude = WIIFM
Worth Remembering …
“it is only when a person has their own generator that we can talk about motivation. He then needs no outside stimulation. He wants to do it.”
- Frederick Herzberg
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Confession Number Three
You Ruin Good People by Promoting Them
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Sustainers and Achievers
Worth Remembering …
“I was actually too exhausted to realize at the moment that my life’s purpose had been achieved.”
- Robert Edwin Peary
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Confession Number Four
You Don’t Have to Know Everything
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No Smoke & Mirrors
Worth Remembering …
“Even in a hierarchy people can be equal as thinkers.”
- Nancy
Kline
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Confession Number Five
You’re Not The Most Important
Person in The Conversation
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Communication Takes Two
Worth Remembering …
“Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much.”
- Robert Greenleaf
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Confession Number Six
Park Your Ego at the Door; It’s not About Being Right
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Resist Micro – Managing
Worth Remembering …
“Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don’t take yourself too seriously.
- Norman Vincent Peale
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Confession Number Seven
You Can’t Control Everything
All of The Time
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Delegation 101
Worth Remembering …
“You establish some objectives for them, provide some incentive, and try not to direct the detailed way in which they do their work.”
- David Packard - HP
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Confession Number Eight
You Can’t Demand Respect;
Respect is Reciprocal
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Personal Code of Conduct
Worth Remembering …
“You get what you give”
- Unknown
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Confession Number Nine
People Hear What They See
– Not What You Say
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Leading by Example
Worth Remembering …
“Leaders walk their talk; in true leaders there is no gap between the theories they espouse and their practice.”
- Warren Bennis
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Confession Number Ten
There Aren’t Any Negatives;
Everything is Positive
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Your Attitude is Everything
Worth Remembering …
“It depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are in themselves.”
- Carl Gustav Jung
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Coaches, Mentors & Managers
Worth Remembering …
“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to keep it to oneself.”
- Oscar Wilde
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