On 12/6/06, tarage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see that I have thought "incorrectly". Ah well.
You're entitled to your opinion, and it's not without merit, but plenty of us would disagree with you on the basis of our own experience. You made a pretty bold statement up in the thread: > 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. You seem to believe this, and it may well be based on your direct observations of corporate cultures in which you have worked. My experience is different from yours. Not only is that not the "only" way, but I've been reasonably successful as a manager without doing any of those things: the only way I can imagine that anyone would get me on a golf course would be at gunpoint, and aside from the fact that I'm expected to wear a suit if I'm meeting with clients, nobody gives a rip what I wear as long as it's clean. There are many reasons to avoid going into management. There are a *lot* of compromises that you make when you become a manager, starting with the hours you'll be putting in and the worries and stresses that you'll voluntarily take on, but having to renounce your individuality and transform yourself into some kind of cookie-cutter corporate clone/drone isn't one of them, if you're in a company with a healthy culture. What makes you successful as a manager? Figuring out what your company wants and needs and then making sure, to the best of your ability, that what they want and need is what you and your team are delivering. - bc -- Barry Campbell -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Blog: http://campbell-online.com ______________________________________________ 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
