"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
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