Archive for December, 2011

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Dec 11

Replace managers with self-management

An article titled “First, let’s fire all managers” captured my attention. If you are an MD or a manager it should halt you in your tracks.

We are all so used to the idea of having managers around that we might find the notion of doing away with managers downright impossible or absurd. Well, we all know that the role of managers has changed in the last three decades. The advent of the internet has drastically altered communications and the flow of information internally. In addition, employees, especially young employees, are drastically different from their managers. There’s simply less of a need for traditional managers. read more »

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