Thursday, November 15, 2012

Time For Some TLC



A word about good management             November 15, 2012
            Prompt.  Good managers make prompt fact-based decisions once they have the facts.   They respect the needs of the people who are affected by their decisions.  Perhaps as never before, today’s managers must deal with uncertainty.  This does not interfere with prompt decision making by good managers. 
            Discover.  Decide.  Don’t embarrass the people and the organization you are charged with leading. 

Time for some TLC              November 15, 2012
            Americans’ emotions have been stirred viciously.  The political Right has been manipulated into a frenzy.  The government is giving away stuff to lazy and irresponsible, nay, un-American takers who will ruin our country.  The Left has been agitated into believing that the only un-American takers are the idle rich, and corporations.  They are going to starve our children and we’ll all die too poor to get adequate medical care.
            Farmers, who work hard, take risks, and face complex demands, may wonder why anyone needs welfare or the EPA.  They wonder if city people even know where food comes from.  Their counterparts, who work hard, take risks, and face complex demands, may wonder why anyone needs farm subsidies or the FFA.  They wonder if farmers even know where tractors come from.
            Truth is, our national attitude has been wounded.  We need to fix that.  Clearly, war no longer works to bring us all together.  So let’s not wait for a war.  Let’s come together as a country and a people with warlike intensity and courage.  Let’s ask ourselves to reason through our differences.  Let’s tell our political party manipulators to get back in the game.  Let’s recognize and call out misdirection and emotional manipulation when it happens.  Let’s take care of each other—treat each other with dignity, respect, and consideration—even in traffic.
            Around here, we think a little tender loving care can do amazing things.      

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