Whoa, this is too good to pass up! Lex asked: How far can leadership / responsibility be devolved before the lesser-paid begin to ask "Hey, I'm basically doing my boss's job, so how come he's paid more than me?"
The simple answer for me as an ex-boss is, no one is doing the bosss job! The boss works for the lesser-paid. Now, talk about responsibility! Youve got to get inside of all those folks and come away with an understanding of where their passion lies and how you can assist them in getting to a place where that is unleashed. That my friends aint easy and it is, or should be, why the boss gets more money. Its because he is working so hard for so many others. Lex also said: Maybe it only occurs in 'toxic' organisations, but as we modify the invisible glue that holds organisations together, what stops them from coming unstuck altogether? Lex, its a NEW GLUE called discovery of the common interest a la Open Space! Imagine that all the persons working in an organization day after day are coming there for the same reason we expect people to assemble for an Open Space, because they care about the issue. In this case, they care about what the organization is doing. A successful boss (you know, the guy who get the big bucks) has the ability to understand the critical importance of the common interest and attract/retain people that share it. At least thats my take on it. Elwin Guild Future Development Internatiional Baltimore > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 9:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: devolving responsibility > > Hi Everyone, > > How far can leadership / responsibility be devolved before the > lesser-paid > begin to ask "Hey, I'm basically doing my boss's job, so how come > he's paid > more than me?" > > This is an attitude I'm coming across, particularly in larger > organisations, > ususally bureaucratic-style too. And I'm asking the list because, as > future-creators, maybe you've dealt with this somewhere already. > > Maybe it only occurs in 'toxic' organisations, but as we modify the > invisible glue that holds organisations together, what stops them > from > coming unstuck altogether? > > Lex > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
