Chapter 2: So How Much Trouble Are We In?


Overview

There was more misdirected compensation in corporate America in the past five years than in the 100 years before that.

Warren Buffet

During the research for this book I had a great interview with a very smart HR professional called Gayle Weibley. She is head of HR in Right Management Consultants and she has a very colourful turn of phrase at times. What she said to me made me stop and think. She said, ˜You know, during this recession we've thrown an awful lot of rocks at our employees . So many', she continued , ˜that I imagine they've got a pretty big pile of rocks themselves by now. Thing is, when do they start throwing them back?'

Over the last two or three years I have organised over 50 discussion groups with employees. The objective has been to ask them - off the record - what are their views of their management. The results are astounding. Indeed, it was as a result of some of those discussion groups that the idea of this book first emerged. Your average employee (and I don't care if they work in transport, retail, banking, energy, pharmaceuticals or whatever) in the vast majority of cases does not like his or her boss; doesn't think management has a clear vision and has no long- term plans to stay with their present employer.




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