| The day job as a manager is all about
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| | wasn't doing what I was paid for -
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| managing your people to deliver, to meet
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| | managing and even leading a great bunch
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| the needs of your customers or clients
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| | of people, all of whom could do this
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| and generating success after success!
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| | better than me. It was time to do my job.
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| Right? And you have consequences if that
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| | The time had come to leverage their
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| doesn't happen.Worst case scenario is
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| | potential and create value using my
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| that you lose your job or your business,
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| | unique skills and talents.As it happened,
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| because your people haven't delivered. So
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| | my office was on the fourth floor
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| the temptation is understandable. Get in
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| | (because it had a view!) and the business
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| there, dirty your hands and work your
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| | traded on the lowest two floors. And this
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| socks off making it happen.Admirable,
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| | became my metaphor for managing from high
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| fulfilling even!But how much energy have
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| | up. The Rockies, not the Prairies.Even
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| you got? How hard do your really want to
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| | though I spent a lot of my time on the
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| work. Indeed, how long can you take the
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| | Prairies, I was, in my mind, way up high.
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| pace of keeping everyone else afloat.
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| | I was managing the people from above. I
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| Before you fall apart, or it kills
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| | was managing the great people I had.I was
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| you?Or, despite all your years of strife
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| | able to step back from working 'in the
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| and giving your heart and soul for your
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| | business' to 'on the business', as
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| business, you lose it, or your job, or
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| | Michael Gerber would say. And it made a
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| both.
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| | great difference to me. I realised that
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| It doesn't seem fair does it?But there
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| | part of it was showing my troops that I
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| is another way - and it's easy.Use your
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| | was working just as hard as they were,
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| people betterSpace ships sent off into
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| | and, indeed, I could do their job pretty
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| the far universe, use the gravitational
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| | well.Yet, I was also resisting where the
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| pull of planets to accelerate them
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| | stretch was for me - letting go of other
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| onwards, just like gravity pulls us to
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| | people's jobs, and doing my own.For me,
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| earth. It's free energy!The limited fuel
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| | it was a shift to the next level, Sure, I
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| that the rockets have, is used to
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| | did my hands on stuff from time to time.
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| ever-so-gently fine tune direction, so
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| | But it was at my choice and to work with
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| that as they approach the planet pulling
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| | them to show soldarity and focus when the
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| them in, they alter their course to miss
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| | chips were down. But it was after the
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| the planet and, with renewed energy, they
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| | management stuff was done.It was my way
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| carry on their mission. Clever stuff
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| | of bringing the Rockies down to the
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| eh?That's what you can doIf you play a
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| | Prairies, yet enjoying the fruits of
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| bigger game than spending your whole life
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| | both.Copyright 2005. Martin Haworth is a
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| doing the job that others can and should
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| | Business and Management Coach. He works
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| be doing, in the false belief that you
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| | worldwide,
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| are 'helping out', then you aren't going
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| | mainly by phone, with small business
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| to cut it. In fact, like I once realised,
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| | owners, managers and corporate leaders.
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| moving from one sized store to a bigger
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| | He has hundreds of hints, tips and ideas
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| one - you cannot do it all - it's time to
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| | at his website, to editors. This
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| manage the business through the people -
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| | article may be edited for use in your
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| it's just too big for me now.And that was
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| | publication or
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| a big and painful realisation for meBut I
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| | newsletter. But please leave a live link
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| got it!It came to me one Easter, when I
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| | to the website)
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| was running a big store and I was filling
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| | ...helping you, to help your people, to
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| up the Easter eggs. It was fun! But I
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| | help your business grow...
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