Peter Drucker

If we were men in some great battle, our pain would be physical.  The greatest warrior would be our leader; our general.  He would wield a sword and you would respect his command for two reasons: 1) Because he is great and 2) because you fear him. But these days the wrath of our general is delivered in a conference room rather than on the battlefield.  The sword has been replaced by a Smartphone.  Bows and arrows have been substituted by stern emails and carefully selected recipients in the CC and BCC fields (don’t you love it when someone CC’s your boss for no reason?)   Our armor is who we know and how well they like us.  Motivation in the workplace has gone from the desire to do your best into a simple will of survival.  And worst of … [Read more...] about Motivation In the Workplace and My Thoughts on Mind Control