Human beings are generally not capable of managing more than six to ten people, particularly when things go sideways and inevitable contingencies arise.
No one senior leader can be expected to manage dozens of individual much less hundreds.
Teams must be broken down into manageable elements of four to five operations, with a clearly designated leader.
Those leaders must understand the overall mission, and the ultimate goal of the mission.
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We train managers to be problem-solvers rather than opportunity-finders
It’s easy to lose sight of what we value and ignore the aspects of work that matter to us, especially if we struggle with dysfunctional organizations, bad bosses, and stress.
Organizations are no longer built on force but on trust.
Lack of fairness is also evident when there is inequity of workload or pay, or when people bend the rules or cheat in order to get ahead
