Rol stated:
>For me, the critical distinction is that the best managers are those
>who are caring _and_ who are bottom-line oriented. Who can really do
> both. My experience is that people really like working for those
> managers because they respect individuals, and they create a local
> culture in which success is possible or even probable. This is key
> to high-performance, and for me, high-performance is a desirable
> outcome of a LO.
Agreed...caring and bottom-line and I'd add a good communicator as the
best managers. (we've already, on another thread gone through the
best qualities of a good manager, so let's not go through that again).
The high performance culture you speak of, as part of a Learning
Organization, in my mind, should be a natural result of a good LO.
After all, once everyone understands the organization's goals and the
external forces, and they are continually adapting and learning, the
organization will perform quickly and to desirable outcomes.
It's the ideal organization. How many people are working with one?
Of my many different ventures, one organization is trying to become
one (a volunteer group), another doesn't walk the talk (due to a poor
bottom line), and a third is actually achieving a lot of what we're
discussing.
Gary Scherling
Helping people help themselves
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GScherling_GMS_TPN
--GSCHERL@fed.ism.ca (GSCHERL)
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