Comments on: Father & Daughter: Engagement, Accountability, and Working http://www.davidzinger.com/father-daughter-engagement-accountability-and-working-870/ Engage 2020 -> Ensure Work Matters! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wally Bock http://www.davidzinger.com/father-daughter-engagement-accountability-and-working-870/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 Wally Bock Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:42:37 +0000 http://www.davidzinger.com/?p=870#comment-1255 Wonderful post. Let me share two comments. First, Molly may indeed be learning the lessons you suggest and if she is, it probably has something to do with you and Molly talking about this. Molly, or others like her, can just as easily learn very different lessons from the same situation, primarily, that if you're the boss you can to be a jerk without paying a visible price. You're dead right about the impact of the immediate boss. In my career I've seen pockets of excellence in otherwise awful organizations and pockets of dread and low productivity in otherwise excellent organizations. It's the boss that makes the difference. Wonderful post. Let me share two comments.

First, Molly may indeed be learning the lessons you suggest and if she is, it probably has something to do with you and Molly talking about this. Molly, or others like her, can just as easily learn very different lessons from the same situation, primarily, that if you’re the boss you can to be a jerk without paying a visible price.

You’re dead right about the impact of the immediate boss. In my career I’ve seen pockets of excellence in otherwise awful organizations and pockets of dread and low productivity in otherwise excellent organizations. It’s the boss that makes the difference.

]]> By: David Zinger http://www.davidzinger.com/father-daughter-engagement-accountability-and-working-870/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 David Zinger Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:03:49 +0000 http://www.davidzinger.com/?p=870#comment-1252 Michael, I always appreciate your perspective and connection. Leadership is such a huge key in work, engagement, and getting a great cup of coffee. David Michael,
I always appreciate your perspective and connection. Leadership is such a huge key in work, engagement, and getting a great cup of coffee.
David

]]> By: Michael Lee Stallard http://www.davidzinger.com/father-daughter-engagement-accountability-and-working-870/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Michael Lee Stallard Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:53:17 +0000 http://www.davidzinger.com/?p=870#comment-1250 Thanks for sharing this story David. I've met people who worked at Starbucks and loved it and others who abhored working there. Inevitably, when I question them I discover that the supervisor and co-workers account for the difference. Hiring and promoting the right people into leadership positions accounts for so much of store-to-store variation when it comes to employee engagement. The best leaders tend to hire better workers who share their values of fairness, empathy, kindness, excellence, optimism, personal responsibility, etc. Thanks for sharing this story David. I’ve met people who worked at Starbucks and loved it and others who abhored working there. Inevitably, when I question them I discover that the supervisor and co-workers account for the difference. Hiring and promoting the right people into leadership positions accounts for so much of store-to-store variation when it comes to employee engagement. The best leaders tend to hire better workers who share their values of fairness, empathy, kindness, excellence, optimism, personal responsibility, etc.

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