The best manager I've ever met never finished college. He was loud, unprofessional (but not disrespectful), and you had to double-check his paperwork because he lacked attention to detail.
He transferred in from another location and was loathed by upper management. 2/
They put him on the "worst" team in the organization and planned to get rid of him when the numbers didn't change (everyone knew this group was hopeless).
You can probably guess what happened. Just like Gordon Bombay, he turned this team of misfits into all-stars. 3/
How did he do it?
His entire approach focused on trust.
He always put his team first, refused to mislead them in any way, and worked with them individually to meet their goals. 4/
He also had zero tolerance for disrespect. No one was allowed to belittle or mistreat any other human being, even if they weren't around.
This was established right away and enforced consistently in all directions. 5/
When I say he helped his team with their individual goals, I really mean THEIR goals. Not the company's.
If an employee hated his job, he worked with them on their resume and sent them job postings.
He also committed to being a reference for anyone. 6/
Upper management lost it when they found out he was helping people find other jobs, but a funny thing happened.
Those employees stopped checking out and totally turned around their performance. The great majority realized the job wasn't that bad and stayed on. 7/
That's the secret to being a good manager: trust.
When you prove that you're looking after your employees, that same courtesy gets extended back to you.
After that the rest falls into place naturally. Too many managers don't respect their employees enough to find that out. 8/
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There's something really important I'm BEGGING people to wrap their heads around:
Laws only matter to honest people.
Legislation will determine how easy cheating is, but even if Dems miraculously pass everything the GOP still won't recognize the results of the next election.
During a 30-minute call that was recorded before he became a candidate, William Braddock repeatedly warned not to support Anna Paulina Luna in the Republican primary for a Tampa Bay-area congressional seat because "he had access to assassins." politico.com/news/2021/06/1…
"I really don't want to have to end anybody's life for the good of the people of the United States of America."
"That will break my heart. But if it needs to be done, it needs to be done."
"I have access to a hit squad, too, Ukrainians and Russians."
Braddock also made rambling statements about getting financial help from fellow Freemasons, or by importing millions of dollars from Malta and Gibraltar.
2/ Accelerationists recognized QAnon as a recruitment opportunity.
This violent right-wing ideology believes that governments are irreparably corrupt, so the only solution is to "accelerate their demise by sowing chaos and creating political tension." vox.com/the-highlight/…
Several times this month I've felt like paying attention isn't worth it. Better to unplug, give in to apathy instead of constantly asking myself "why bother?".
But that's exactly what the bad guys want. It really is a battle of the mind.
Jared nails it here when he calls it weaponized apathy. Demoralization is part of the design.
We both know things are probably going to get ugly, but they can also turn around faster than you'd think when the masses demonstrate that they've had enough.