Just My Toughts{1}

Hey folks,

It’s Saturday and I just wanted to give you something to think about. Blogging and DB {Discussion Boards} are growing in popularity. Some start and leave thinking that it is a waste of time. Others get "hooked" and spend more time then they have. But a lot of the time we forget.

You know it is easy for us to get into a debate, an intellectual duel, an exchange of thoughts, forgetting that there may be more people out there following along than we realize. They do not call it the WWW {World Wide Web, for those who need further help in understanding} for nothing.

I have been doing this for nearly ten years. In that time I can cite several occasions that this is clear. Including this past Monday two weeks ago. More on that in a second.

One time I posted an article about Abercrombie and Fitch, and their use of nude underage looking models to sell cloths to kids. The very next day, on "The Factor" Bill O’Reilly did a whole story on them. We were discussing the Terri Shiavo case and had a doctor join us to talk about the case. I talked about a Church shooting and a detective joined us to discuss it. Just recently I posted an IWA and the recipient came on to tell his side of the story.


It happened again just two weeks ago. On Sunday, Chief Rowley shared,


"Rowley’s Peals or Wisdom"

Micro Management Is Not The Answer

By: George A. Rowley

When you kill the creativity of your employees, the company pays for it in lost profits. Nothing kills the spirit of your employees faster than a supervisor directing every move every day. Everyone needs breathing room. Don't spend the day trying to nail employees goofing off. All of us need a break from time to time.

Micro management is a company running without a plan. No one has any idea of what management wants, so someone must call every move. This is due to managements failure to share vision, which means focus is missing. Many employers often let their egos control their interactions with their employees. Trust your employees to do their jobs. Make employees feel a team spirit. Have meetings once a month and let employees make suggestions. Give your top performers and dedicated employees pay increases without them having to come to you for them.

On Monday, the very next day, NBC’s "Today Show" did a whole story on Micro Management. Hey, maybe Matt Lauer in an OPNer {Smile}

What the point to all this is this? What you are doing and saying on line may be having a very profound effect on someone. Someone you will never know anything about, never meet, and maybe even never realize are out there. Just something to think about.
Peter