Please send a dozen of your best goats.
I know....it's bad, isn't it?
We're all whining and wishing that the rain would stop. I've got my ark kit on order.
Meanwhile....let's look at it this way....
it's.....
not....snow.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
my people
I have a small unhappy following of employees. Not my employees, but my potential employees. They belong to someone else right now. They whisper to me, periodically, are you still going to hire me?
I have told them I will. I have to think of a viable business, something that will make sense and a profit right from the beginning. As soon as I do, I will call them. They will likely have to learn entirely new skills, but that’s OK. I know they can. I know they want to. They already look to me for leadership, the leadership they’re not getting now.
I didn’t acquire these employees purposely. They have come to me over the years for advice, to vent, to ask opinions. They know I will listen, give them an honest answer, and they know anything they confide in me is safe. They know, too, that I will be a fair boss. All I will ask is an honest day’s work, respect for each other, and the willingness to do the right thing to make the company a success. What I won’t do is belittle, berate, or in any other way emotionally abuse them. I will not play one off against the other. I will not lie to them. My company, whatever it may be, will be a place where everyone is happy to be there, and no one need quake in fear when the owner walks by.
I’ve seen that. I see it all the time, and I’m seeing it now. Narcissistic, passive-aggressive owners are hell to work for. They’re sneaky, suspicious, irrational, and afraid of new ideas or anyone smarter than they are. They fear being exposed for the frauds that they are, so they strike out at anyone who would dare question them….even their own clients.
That makes no sense. And it’s no way for employees to live.
I’m trying, people. If you have a good idea about a new business, I’d sure be willing to listen. Let’s talk.
I have told them I will. I have to think of a viable business, something that will make sense and a profit right from the beginning. As soon as I do, I will call them. They will likely have to learn entirely new skills, but that’s OK. I know they can. I know they want to. They already look to me for leadership, the leadership they’re not getting now.
I didn’t acquire these employees purposely. They have come to me over the years for advice, to vent, to ask opinions. They know I will listen, give them an honest answer, and they know anything they confide in me is safe. They know, too, that I will be a fair boss. All I will ask is an honest day’s work, respect for each other, and the willingness to do the right thing to make the company a success. What I won’t do is belittle, berate, or in any other way emotionally abuse them. I will not play one off against the other. I will not lie to them. My company, whatever it may be, will be a place where everyone is happy to be there, and no one need quake in fear when the owner walks by.
I’ve seen that. I see it all the time, and I’m seeing it now. Narcissistic, passive-aggressive owners are hell to work for. They’re sneaky, suspicious, irrational, and afraid of new ideas or anyone smarter than they are. They fear being exposed for the frauds that they are, so they strike out at anyone who would dare question them….even their own clients.
That makes no sense. And it’s no way for employees to live.
I’m trying, people. If you have a good idea about a new business, I’d sure be willing to listen. Let’s talk.
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