When I met my wife, she had a dog. She made it clear he was part of the package. She told me, “Love me, love my dog!”
An employer has no business with a man’s personality. Employment is a specific contract calling for a specific performance. Any attempt to go beyond that is usurpation.
It is immoral as well as an illegal intrusion of privacy. It is abuse of power.
Is the ‘Future Of Work’ conversation played out?
It’s certainly less intense than it was because a lot of things have settled out.
Here’s my take on what’s DONE, what’s NOT DONE and what could be COMING.
The reason CEOs have a different opinion to employees about where and how we should be…
Have you ever had a ‘Psycho Boss’?
I was amazed at how much it resonated with people when I talked about my psycho boss at a talk I gave recently. What really got to me was how strongly people felt it still, even when the experience was decades ago.
Careers can be prisons or playgrounds. Mine was both, only not the best way around.
The first half was a playground. I worked in two parts of the business that were small, entrepreneurial units that worked in new technology. They were innovative, creative…
We need to talk about redundancy. I’ve experienced it three times.
Redundancy hurts. It’s a rejection, however you wrap it up. All that tosh about “It’s the position that’s being made redundant, not you, so don’t take it personally” doesn’t wash…
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”
“(Remote working is) an aberration that we’re going to correct as soon as possible”
Why do senior managers want everyone back in the office?
Is it because their identity depends upon it?
Let’s assume most of these managers are 40+. Let’s assume they are male, white, middle-class, married with kids.
Have you been anointed to the High Church of Leadership?
You see, not everyone can be a leader. You must be chosen, selected, groomed for the role.