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Subject:Re: Resume Revision From:Laurence Burrows <burrows -at- IBM -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:31:48 +1100
Robert Plamondon wrote:
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Interesting. In other words, you actively select for subordinates who
expect their actions to be treated with suspicion.
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No, I actively select co-workers who think for themselves.
In my publishing business (and in my wife's psychological practice) I find
that people who have an us-vs-them mentality spend too much time bitching
and not enough time doing.
A technical writer who sees only 'their' picture can sour a contract to
braking point by failing to see that a client does not want to hear (and
can do nothing about) the technical writer's 'bad hair day.'
The client is, after all, paying for a service. They don't care that my
wife is sick or my child has broken a limb--they have deadlines with
printers, re-sellers and their bank.
The proactive co-worker recognizes this, and either alerts me in time to
keep the project on track, or organizes for someone else to fill in. I
reciprocate by granting time off without question--my criteria being that
if the task is finished within budget and deadline then the client is happy.
