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Advice
July 2009, on advice given in 1975–1977 Late velvet night draws gently in againAnd I ponder quietly in my close denwhat might have been awaiting mebut I heeded advice from thee. Sure well meant, there is no doubt.Those learned views thou didst spoutattempted to show a better waybut simply stole my gift away. Born was I…
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Success Secrets 06
Taking away systems, processes or procedures that actually work very well can be an excellent way of controlling your staff and ensuring that they don’t show up your inadequacies. Some managers make the mistake of allowing intelligent, innovative, able and proactive staff to set up systems that work extremely well for the customers, the employees…
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Darkness arises with the Dawn
Inspiration for this comes from Australia’s Liberal Party, sections of the Labor Party, One Nation, and various others. The darkness arises with the dawn waking with fell purpose bred in festering dreams. Soulless vapour cloaks its empty blackness in a facade of humanity with skin all soft and cream. A suit and shoes, briefcase and…
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Success Secrets 04
“Move Champions” A sign of a brilliant manager is your ability to take a word that can have deep significance to people and give it prominence in your organisation by linking it to projects, logos, “values”, and the frequent use of fatuous jargon. Your ability to force this use of a word on the minions…
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Success Secrets 02
A great way to keep staff under control is to ensure that you reprimand them — nicely, of course — for little things to do with protocols and procedures. This helps them understand the way things should be done and act in a way that helps you fulfil your incredibly important role. Naturally, at times,…
Peter Frank Thompson Writes
