Re[2]: Leadership and Management - is NOT about decision making or control, is it?
[email protected] Wed, 19 Feb 2003 23:07:46 -0500 (EST)
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Me thinks you think I'm joking. I'm not. I visit scores of teams a year with various styles and states of leadership, and you can relate it all to Sun Ra and Aguirre. It should be a course ;-) Michael Feathers www.objectmentor.com wpic> <smiling, thanks for the movie refs> wpic> ----- Original Message ----- wpic> From: [email protected] wpic> To: [email protected] wpic> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 11:49 AM wpic> Subject: Re: [xpAdoption] Leadership and Management - is NOT about decision making or control, is it? wpic> wpic> so now here is the core of the new thread, should managers manage, control, make decisions for the team or enable the team/staff to do so themselves, and if so ... wpic> They should be able to make the decisions, but 'being able wpic> to' also means that they can create an environment where wpic> they don't have to. wpic> BTW, if I was ever going to create a course on leadership wpic> I'd have it revolve around the viewing and discussion of wpic> two movies: wpic> 'Aguirre, Wrath of God' by Werner Herzog wpic> and wpic> 'A Joyful Noise' which is a documentary about the wpic> bandleader Sun Ra wpic> Those two movies are *excellent* good cop/bad cop case wpic> studies of leadership. wpic> Michael Feathers wpic> www.objectmentor.com wpic> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor wpic> ADVERTISEMENT wpic> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: wpic> [email protected] wpic> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -- Best regards, Michael mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption! http://us.click.yahoo.com/FpY02D/vN2EAA/xGHJAA/nhFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/