tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57343742011-04-21T18:26:49.479-07:00Lao-Tzu once said, "A leader is best when people barely know he exists...when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, "We did it ourselves." In essence, this is the "art of management." The following essays represent my passion for analogies and effective management techniques. Good advice is always better than textbooks. In the words of another great philosopher - Bruce Springsteen - "We busted out of class, had to get away from those fools, we learned more from a three minute recoDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05208706766648525130noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734374.post-1075496011010222852004-01-30T12:53:00.000-08:002004-01-31T13:21:15.110-08:00

Sailing & Management - Navigating Through the Management Maelstrom I must admit, work is usually the last thing on my mind while trimming the sails and gripping the rudder as the wind drives my 13 foot sailboat rental around Boston Harbor. Interestingly enough, I also find myself thinking about sailing while sitting at my work desk (maybe I should just get a job on a sailboat?) Ironically,

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Management & Motivation - From the Dugout to the Corner Office Earl Weaver once said, "If you have a team meeting, then lose again, what do you do next?" Ah, the challenge of motivating your people to do their best. It's not an easy task, whether you're a manager of a professional baseball team, a middle manager at a high tech start-up or the head bookshelf manager at the local library.

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