Comments on: Managing People: the Sisyphean Challenge http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/ Maximizing Organizational Performance Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:32:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Issues Managers Face in the Workplace (redux) | The Happy Burro http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/#comment-51660 Issues Managers Face in the Workplace (redux) | The Happy Burro Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:58:17 +0000 http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/#comment-51660 [...] Managing People: the Sisyphean Challenge [...] [...] Managing People: the Sisyphean Challenge [...]

]]> By: Wally Bock http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/#comment-48869 Wally Bock Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:15:15 +0000 http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/#comment-48869 It's amazing how little we work to make anyone's decision to assume group responsibility an informed decision. Art Petty and Rich Petro do it very well in their book, Practical Lessons in Leadership. I reviewed the book on my site back in October. http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2007/10/13/an-excellent-practical-book-on-leadership.aspx It’s amazing how little we work to make anyone’s decision to assume group responsibility an informed decision. Art Petty and Rich Petro do it very well in their book, Practical Lessons in Leadership. I reviewed the book on my site back in October.

http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2007/10/13/an-excellent-practical-book-on-leadership.aspx

]]> By: Joe Raasch http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/#comment-48858 Joe Raasch Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:25:15 +0000 http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/#comment-48858 Thursday humor = Management Consulting, brought to you by Bill Cosby LLC. Sorry. Wally, you're right. Wouldn't it be grand if a glimpse of the reality of the "heavy and constantly renewing burden" be shown to those considering a management role? Thursday humor = Management Consulting, brought to you by Bill Cosby LLC. Sorry.

Wally, you’re right. Wouldn’t it be grand if a glimpse of the reality of the “heavy and constantly renewing burden” be shown to those considering a management role?

]]> By: Wally Bock http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/#comment-48834 Wally Bock Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:02:21 +0000 http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/#comment-48834 A heavy and constantly renewing burden, yes, and often more like pushing Jello uphill than a rock. A heavy and constantly renewing burden, yes, and often more like pushing Jello uphill than a rock.

]]> By: Joe Raasch http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/#comment-48760 Joe Raasch Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:17:58 +0000 http://happyburroblog.com/2008/01/15/managing-people-the-sisyphean-challenge/#comment-48760 Hi Jim, Thank you for lifting up a key point from the post: "It is a heavy, and constantly renewing, burden." Managing people, when done with care, commitment, and a servant's heart, can be a career that "refreshes and energizes" versus a punishment. -Joe Hi Jim,

Thank you for lifting up a key point from the post: “It is a heavy, and constantly renewing, burden.” Managing people, when done with care, commitment, and a servant’s heart, can be a career that “refreshes and energizes” versus a punishment.

-Joe

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