There is a Persian proverb that fits here perfectly: “Every walnut is round, but not every round thing is a walnut.” «هر گردویی گرد است، اما هر گردی گردو نیست» Two things can look the same from the outside and be completely different inside. Job titles work exactly like that. Someone’s title does not define […]
The Problem Is Not The Worker/Employee One time I discussed this matter in depth: Because most managers have never done the things they are asking others to do. That is the root of the problem. If somebody never experienced the work themselves, they have no real understanding of: So what happens? Random and completely arbitrary […]
I have talked many times about management and why I believe a manager cannot be truly effective if s/he does not understand the details of what they are managing, but there is another part of management that I think is equally important and rarely discussed honestly: “Politics“. I grew up in a culture where keeping […]
Most management failures come back to one thing: the manager does not know what resources they actually have, and they have no technique for finding out. So they guess. They pick a deadline because of pressure from above, or because it sounds reasonable in a meeting room, or because they simply do not know what […]
There is a question that has been on my mind for a long time. Why is most management today so ineffective? Why do the things they say sound more like a wish list than a plan? I am not talking about every manager in every industry. I have seen exceptions. But the pattern I have […]