Management animals
Thursday, 02 October 2008 | AAPB s e m g t o u i a e n h i l r e o n r f i e , b t n w e o t l i s h e o u i n r s g s f a a e s a k n o t h i t r i o y r e e y h r .
R s a c e s a e a d a e h b h v o r f u t a i n o s s, e e l n h w v r t i g r m h p n s i t n e t e r o e s i t t e i e f h i l a h r- a k d h i a d h i c o c o j r o -h a y a a e e t p a m m c h s r t i g n c e t u f n s e a o g u a i a a c s o s.
h y a b s e d n' s e d s u h i e e d n o w r i g t h i c m u e a o e s m l y e t i k h y o, n i s e d a s h v s m j r t o t e a i m e i g w e e h y t m t e r u h r t w t t e i g s c a r, l u e v i e n f e u n i t r u t o s o o v r a i n.
" f v u a l c m a i o c n e a e i h h s m l r o e f h a p a a e n a u h n o k y , c i p n e s n J p n s m c q e ," s a e t e e o t y h U i e s t o N W.
h r s a c i b s d n u d e s f n e v e s i h a a e s n e p o e s n o p t l b t e d e e r h r r f s o J f r y r i h a t , f o t e n t t t o H a t I n v t o , s i t e i d n s r t u f r l i d s r e f o a v r i i g o o s r c i n.
e a s t h w t e r h s o i b h v o r , s c a m l d m n t o , p o e t n w a i p r e v d s h i "t r " a d s r c s n t o e h d n t g e w t t e r u , i m r c m o p a e n v r d y o k i u t o s h n a y a t o c e t.
" h t e o n w s n v r a a i a i t c i p a s f o e , m s u i i y, e u l t a d u h r t t a s e t b h r -w r d n," r f r i h a t s i .
"T i t i a c l u e s i i a t w a w w u d a e e n n u t r a h r a d o t e a a n h n o t e n f i a."
h r p r , p b i h d n h J u n l f e l h r a i a i n, i e a a t r p l g c l r a d w o b s b h v o r , e p a n n t e r r f r n e o "f r h n s a e , d n e a g n n f e u n u e f c o y s".
e e d n o t e r a k, h y e l t r- o e v h c e , n c r o i e h n s n "e p n i e- o k n o f c f r i u e" o h i p i i e e , d m n n p s t o i o f l d s l y o e p o e s.
h y r s i t e b q i o s " o e u i o m", r f r i g r y r a y u t , e t e p a n r u t y t i e , a d r a s i t , o a r g t r i k r l e l e n t v f r h y u g r, o e d e t r u b s .
T e i c d r s s a c w s h t e h c P o B a t w i e e c i e a t e a e u a 's q i a e t o p a o k' p u a e.
" h s l s o c l u a t e r a t o i n l m o t n e, t t s n `I' o t e o e'," e a d.
" h r 's l o e u l n e t n s e e, s h r a w y a e n h w r p a e. t' c v r o c u s . Y u i h n t e p o l c p l t n o d s s, u s x a i y s v r w e e n h w r p a e, n n l s w t t e o s."
h r s a c f c s s n a e e l h a e a a e s, i h h d n m c i e y e y i f r n a o g e a e o s s, e e r h r s i .
- Managers spend less time than people think sitting reading quietly or doing paperwork. They are out there manoeuvring and positioning at meetings, one-on-one encounters and coffee cliques
- They rarely take lunch or tea breaks
- Most meetings are held in the most senior manager's office and he dominates proceedings with more talking, more interruptions and a bigger chair
- In informal meetings, a manager's conversation is a "heady mix of official business and workplace decision-making interspersed with small talk, gossip, innuendo, jokes, blasphemy and politics"
- Managers were invariably well-groomed, with short, recently-washed hair, pressed clothes, and were "mostly neutral smelling or mildly perfumed"
- Physical contact is rare. Their preferred form of touching is with a handshake (firm), a pat ("never hearty in the way it is with friends") and rarely a hug ("sometimes accepted awkwardly")
- Their outfit is ubiquitous - "a dark suit, a light shirt and the flash of bright colour like a peacock's plumage", designed to portray power and control
- The tie is the piece de resistance, "infrequently of a sober style"
o s s i h n t r n t i t e r a g c r e o f c s, u a e r p r c a m t e v l t o a y i n o m n g r m r i g u t e r e r t r a e v r w e e.
e e r h r h v l i b r t e e a i u o A s r l a b s e , r v a i g o e e y h n f o t e i k h r u d r h i p w r u t o h s z o t e r e t e -b c e c a r n t e r h i e f a g n- e v m n g m n s e k i i t e t u t n a d h s p f i g e n m n o r n m l n e t r .
T e s y o s s o 't p n a m c t m r a i g r o k n a t e r o p t r l n a e p o e s h n t e d , a d n t a p s t e a t a o i y f h d y n e t n s h r t e s a p h i a t o i y i h h b g e t h i , a o d r o c a d r q e t n e r p i n t c n e s t o .
"A a o r b e o p r s n a b m d w t t e i i a r l o t e l h m l i c p c i m n e s, h m a z e a d a a e e a a u s," t t s h r p r b t e n v r i y f S .
T e e e r h s a e o h n r d o i t r i w w t m n g r a d m l y e i h s i a s u l a r s a c e P o e s r e f e B a t w i e, r m h I s i u e f e l h n o a i n, a d h f n i g a e r e o a l n u t i s r m d e t s n t c n t u t o .
H s y i s o s h p e i t r c e a i u s, u h s a e o i a i n, r t c i g h t s e c i e a t e r " u f" n o t a i i g h s w o o o a r e i h h g o p, s o e o m n l c i e e y a w r s t a i n t a m n w n t a c p .
"W a w f u d a u i e s l n m l s i d s l y o p w r, a c l n t , s x a i y n a t o i y h t e m o e a d- i e i ," P o B a t w i e a d.
" h s r b l u t r i s m l r o h t e o l h v s e i h n e g t e b n s n h s v n a i s u h r A r c ."
T e e o t, u l s e i t e o r a o H a t O g n s t o , g v s n n h o o o i a b e k o n f o s e a i u s, x l i i g h i p e e e c f r " i m a d h k s, e s j r o a d r q e t s o a r n m ".
D p n i g n h i r n , t e g t a e -m d l e i l s, i e m b l p o e a d " x e s v -l o i g f i e u n t r " s t e r r v l g d, o i a t o i i n s n u l i p a f r m l y e .
T e d e s n h u i u t u "p w r n f r ", p e e r n g e o n v s i s, i h r l i o s b l s r p d, n c e m h r s, r b i h e p n o b u a t r a i e o t e o n e , m r a v n u o s o s.
h p e e e e i t n e a t e i w i h r f r i h a t d s r b s s h m l h m n' e u v l n t a e c c 's l m g .
"T e p a h f o o r t h b e s t s g a i p r a c , s a u a d ` 'm n h m v '," h s i .
"T e e' a s s x a u d r o e h r , a t e e l a s r i t e o k l c . I 's o e t f o r e. o m g t o s e e p e o u a i g n e k , b t e u l t i e e y h r i t e o k l c , a d o e s i h h b s ."
T e e e r h o u e o m l h a t c r m n g r , w t t e y a i l k l v r d f e e t m n f m l b s e , r s a c e s a d.
- Managers spend less time than people think sitting reading quietly or doing paperwork. They are out there manoeuvring and positioning at meetings, one-on-one encounters and coffee cliques
- They rarely take lunch or tea breaks
- Most meetings are held in the most senior manager's office and he dominates proceedings with more talking, more interruptions and a bigger chair
- In informal meetings, a manager's conversation is a "heady mix of official business and workplace decision-making interspersed with small talk, gossip, innuendo, jokes, blasphemy and politics"
- Managers were invariably well-groomed, with short, recently-washed hair, pressed clothes, and were "mostly neutral smelling or mildly perfumed"
- Physical contact is rare. Their preferred form of touching is with a handshake (firm), a pat ("never hearty in the way it is with friends") and rarely a hug ("sometimes accepted awkwardly")
- Their outfit is ubiquitous - "a dark suit, a light shirt and the flash of bright colour like a peacock's plumage", designed to portray power and control
- The tie is the piece de resistance, "infrequently of a sober style"
B s e m g t o u i a e n h i l r e o n r f i e , b t n w e o t l i s h e o u i n r s g s f a a e s a k n o t h i t r i o y r e e y h r .
R s a c e s a e a d a e h b h v o r f u t a i n o s s, e e l n h w v r t i g r m h p n s i t n e t e r o e s i t t e i e f h i l a h r- a k d h i a d h i c o c o j r o -h a y a a e e t p a m m c h s r t i g n c e t u f n s e a o g u a i a a c s o s.
h y a b s e d n' s e d s u h i e e d n o w r i g t h i c m u e a o e s m l y e t i k h y o, n i s e d a s h v s m j r t o t e a i m e i g w e e h y t m t e r u h r t w t t e i g s c a r, l u e v i e n f e u n i t r u t o s o o v r a i n.
" f v u a l c m a i o c n e a e i h h s m l r o e f h a p a a e n a u h n o k y , c i p n e s n J p n s m c q e ," s a e t e e o t y h U i e s t o N W.
h r s a c i b s d n u d e s f n e v e s i h a a e s n e p o e s n o p t l b t e d e e r h r r f s o J f r y r i h a t , f o t e n t t t o H a t I n v t o , s i t e i d n s r t u f r l i d s r e f o a v r i i g o o s r c i n.
e a s t h w t e r h s o i b h v o r , s c a m l d m n t o , p o e t n w a i p r e v d s h i "t r " a d s r c s n t o e h d n t g e w t t e r u , i m r c m o p a e n v r d y o k i u t o s h n a y a t o c e t.
" h t e o n w s n v r a a i a i t c i p a s f o e , m s u i i y, e u l t a d u h r t t a s e t b h r -w r d n," r f r i h a t s i .
"T i t i a c l u e s i i a t w a w w u d a e e n n u t r a h r a d o t e a a n h n o t e n f i a."
h r p r , p b i h d n h J u n l f e l h r a i a i n, i e a a t r p l g c l r a d w o b s b h v o r , e p a n n t e r r f r n e o "f r h n s a e , d n e a g n n f e u n u e f c o y s".
e e d n o t e r a k, h y e l t r- o e v h c e , n c r o i e h n s n "e p n i e- o k n o f c f r i u e" o h i p i i e e , d m n n p s t o i o f l d s l y o e p o e s.
h y r s i t e b q i o s " o e u i o m", r f r i g r y r a y u t , e t e p a n r u t y t i e , a d r a s i t , o a r g t r i k r l e l e n t v f r h y u g r, o e d e t r u b s .
T e i c d r s s a c w s h t e h c P o B a t w i e e c i e a t e a e u a 's q i a e t o p a o k' p u a e.
" h s l s o c l u a t e r a t o i n l m o t n e, t t s n `I' o t e o e'," e a d.
" h r 's l o e u l n e t n s e e, s h r a w y a e n h w r p a e. t' c v r o c u s . Y u i h n t e p o l c p l t n o d s s, u s x a i y s v r w e e n h w r p a e, n n l s w t t e o s."
h r s a c f c s s n a e e l h a e a a e s, i h h d n m c i e y e y i f r n a o g e a e o s s, e e r h r s i .
- Managers spend less time than people think sitting reading quietly or doing paperwork. They are out there manoeuvring and positioning at meetings, one-on-one encounters and coffee cliques
- They rarely take lunch or tea breaks
- Most meetings are held in the most senior manager's office and he dominates proceedings with more talking, more interruptions and a bigger chair
- In informal meetings, a manager's conversation is a "heady mix of official business and workplace decision-making interspersed with small talk, gossip, innuendo, jokes, blasphemy and politics"
- Managers were invariably well-groomed, with short, recently-washed hair, pressed clothes, and were "mostly neutral smelling or mildly perfumed"
- Physical contact is rare. Their preferred form of touching is with a handshake (firm), a pat ("never hearty in the way it is with friends") and rarely a hug ("sometimes accepted awkwardly")
- Their outfit is ubiquitous - "a dark suit, a light shirt and the flash of bright colour like a peacock's plumage", designed to portray power and control
- The tie is the piece de resistance, "infrequently of a sober style"
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