Re: Management cliches : Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:04 pm
I remember an ex-employee many years ago who had made a complete cock-up of a job for me. When I questioned the bizarre way he'd approached it, which bore no resemblance to the conventional methods adopted or that he'd been taught in the expensive training he'd had, he said "well there's more than one way of doing things, isn't there?". I replied on along the lines that I agreed, but that only works if you actually get things right not produce a muddled mess. Another stupid defence and I was getting really angry, bearing in mind the job was as simple as they get. So in a rage I pointed out of the window where the local alcoholics were gathered and said, "I could have gone down there, got someone off the street, explained exactly what to do like I did to you and they'd probably have done a better job wouldn't they?" He gobsmacked me by answering "Yes"(not sarcastically either).
