If you think this is a common approach among managers, you are
very right.
I would hope so and in the mean time I'll have a positive out look on any relationship.
If my baby don't love me no more, I know her sister will. (Good old Jimi)
That's the way we formed bands back then and it was a very creative time. Nothing much has changed in any good team building and my choice of people, that I surround myself with is very much governed by this "doctrine". Any poison, recognized as such, should be avoided and the diet (staff) change accordingly.
I would not eat broccoli if one told me it would be the best thing since sliced bread.
I would not talk to a bean counter if he had not filled a creative position prior to what he/she is doing now.
Qualifications can only be really tested if a situation arises were improvisation is asked for. A rare but still necessary skill even in today's super world were nothing can go wrong, ever.
Having employees or not, we are all standing before the choice of choosing our companions, or rejecting them on face, tone or other common sense values. The learning curve is steep and slow and hopefully, when all is burnt out, one has left a fair legacy behind. The only thing that will not be taken to the space "they" call heaven.
Letting animosity smolder is not a god idea but can be picked up by the learned, interpreting body language more than by any thing else. You should see me wave my arms in agreement with the author. Good writing.
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