Symbols of Power
"How can someone get rid of the image that they are
pressuring people to perform?"
One proven method is to squash the symbols of power so that
all of your associates feel they are on an equal footing.
Here's how some have accomplished that objective:
A bank manager in Norfolk removed his name from the most
coveted parking spot and replaced it with a sign, "Employee
of the month." He parked with the rest of the staff.
The guidance counselor at a middle school in Jacksonville
decided to walk the halls and playgrounds two hours every
day, engaging students in informal conversations.
The head honcho of a computer software company in Palo Alto,
California, halted the practice of eating lunch with his top
people in the private executive dining room. Instead, he ate
in the company cafeteria -- making certain he sat at a
different table each time.
In Cleveland, the president of a wholesale paper company
turned his office into an employee lounge and created a
rather open office space for himself right in the middle of
the warehouse.
By Neil Eskelin in Neil Eskelin's Daily Jump Start(tm),
Copyright (c) 2004,
http://www.neileskelin.com