You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who is doing all the work.
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A president is always cosseted by his staff.
In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.
By the work one knows the workman.
If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.
In life, we do not give employees enough leeway. If you look around Semco's office, there are plenty of empty desks. The question is - where are these people? I do not have the slightest idea, but I am not interested.
A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk.
I've seen how the issues that come across a president's desk are always the hard ones - the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer.
If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.
It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.
The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.
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