Managers tend to treat organizations as if they are infinitely plastic. They hire and fire, merge, downsize, terminate programs, add capacities. But there are limits to the shifts that organizations can absorb.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Managers are trained to make incremental, programmatic improvements. They aren't trained to lead large-scale change.
More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet.
Your time as a manager is finite and valuable.
Most managers are just trying to survive. That's why a lot of smarter guys have been let go from Fortune 500 companies: because they came up with new ideas that no one would allow them to try.
We, as individuals, must be responsible for our careers with the goal of reaching our highest potential. The job of a manager is to tap into that energy that's already there.
Growth makes so many dimensions of management easier. It's when growth stops that things get tough.
Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.
Major organizational changes create uncertainty.
The key to management is to get rid of the managers.
People leave their manager; they don't leave companies.