Well, what I see are differences of opinion. How those are discussed, delivered, and taken, is up to the collective you. Certainly, taking a step back and being dispassionate about the subject is one path. (BTW, I think Bill wears plaid golfing pants to the office, pass it on ....)
Cheers. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tarage Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TCP] Management On Dec 6, 2006, at 11:38 AM, Dana Worley wrote: > On Tuesday, December 05, 2006, tarage wrote: > >> This means that those who advance do so because they look familiar >> (thus safe, thus unthreatening) to other managers. If it doesn't >> "smell like us", it doesn't get promoted. It's the incorrect >> application of the survival instinct. >> >> The only way up is to become a corporate non-entity, take up golf, >> wear the right clothes, and do the usual rigamarole that signifies to >> the other managers that you are one of them. You don't see too many >> distinctive managers, and there's a reason for that. Pack mentality / >> survival instinct. > > IMO, this is a very narrow view and one to which I take exception. I see that I have thought "incorrectly". Ah well. DISCLAIMER: Important Notice ************************************************* This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments and notify the sender that you have received it in error. Unintended recipients are prohibited from taking action on the basis of information in this e-mail.E-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. If you are not comfortable with the risks associated with e-mail messages, you may decide not to use e-mail to communicate with IPC. IPC reserves the right, to the extent and under circumstances permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitor and intercept e-mail messages to and from its systems. ______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
