On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:56:27 +0100, stuart noble
wrote:

On 23/04/2015 08:02, Chris J Dixon wrote:
Simon Brown wrote:

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message

A good manager is a leader whose job is to get the best from the team,

That's the theory, anyway. In reality its nothing like that.

I've long had concerns about what makes a good manager, having
experienced quite a lot of managers during my engineering career.

I've never worked with anybody who began straight off having
trained as a "manager", indeed can't quite see how anybody could
do this.

However, the other end of the scale, where promotion is based
only on engineering ability, is not without snags. There was a
time when my chief engineer and engineering manager, whilst both
excellent engineers, had no management skills. This was such a
shame, as their real talents were wasted, and their ineptitude
diminished the work of those in their charge.

Chris


I've often wondered how it is that the staff at Aldi seem so cheerful,
efficient, and happy with their lot. Even the security guard knows where
everything is in the store. There is a manager but he is either on the
till or stacking shelves. Go figure, Tesco.

Many are foreigners. Many employers in Britain prefer to hire them, as
they are much more committed to work than some of our own lot. They
know what the job at Aldi entails before they join. Aldi has the
fastest checkouts bar none.

MM