🚀 go-pugleaf

Mark W. Keller wrote:

>         I personally have had the opportunity to work for several different
> superiors of both genders.  Some were good and some were bad, but there
> seemed to be no gender correlation between competance and incompetance.
> My own management style draws heavily from a manager I respected very
> much and sought to emulate.  That manager happened to be a woman.  She
> was competant, level headed, open minded, very understanding but with
> high standards and strict expectations of performance.  Her industry
> knowledge and experience was extensive and only surpassed by her "people
> skills".
> 
>         Another thing I've learned over the years is that if I have a problem
> with my boss, he or she probably has a problem with me.  The best
> approach is to find out what that problem is, clear up any
> mis-understandings, and adjust my behavior to conform to or exceed the
> expected standards.  Yet another thing I've observed is that an attitude
> begets an attitude.  If this "gentleman" conveys a poor attitude about
> women, and especially female superiors, he will very likely get a
> negative reaction in return, thus creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
> 
>         So gentlemen, it must be told: leave your chauvenism at... well, you
> better burn it 'cause if you leave it at home your wife will have a bone
> to pick with you as well.
> 
> Mark

Only problem, Mark, is that as long as affirmative action is around, we
know that an awfully lot of unqualified employees took the places of an
awfully lot of qualified employees, and we just don't know how
inefficient that made your company.  All the kudos in the world won't
make up for the market share we have lost to Japan just because of this
(like the decrease in the world auto market served by the US from 60% to
20% in just 2 decades).

Sincerely,


John Knight