What a total ****** ****ing tossing pr*ck
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RWD cossie wil said:
blueg33 said:
When I was a Junior Land Buyer, my MD had a Lambo that he bought to work. Did that make me think, "What an arrogant tosser"?, nope, it motivated me to try and get to the same position.
Not many like you around mate!The problem with this country is that we hate success.
No one ever thinks, wow, he has worked hard or is lucky enough to have natural talent, perhaps I ought to work harder/ practice more etc.
The USA has a totally different mindset!
I can remember year ago I was sitting in my car parked up behind arather nice 911. 2 blokes in suits walked along the pavement, one said to the other "look at that Porsche, its not righ tthat some bloke has that when all I can afford is a crappy escort", with that he took a key from his pocket and ran it down the side of the 911.
02verco said:
Okay in the respect of his wife leaving him I have not told you the full story on this and what he has done, now if I were to tell you, (pm) only as this is something for his wife's sake would not be nice to be broadcast across the Internet. I do know the meaning of respect and I also share a lot of respect with my work force and they share the same back. I think the biggest thing here is that you only know half the story! The other half to be to would be going to far in to this man personal life and a boundary that I would not like to cross, I understand both points of view and in another sense agree with both and looking at what has been put can see the good and bad for what I have said!
{I]Your[/I] work force?Reading the above paragraph, you really are living in a little make-believe world of your own, aren't you?
blueg33 said:
RWD cossie wil said:
blueg33 said:
When I was a Junior Land Buyer, my MD had a Lambo that he bought to work. Did that make me think, "What an arrogant tosser"?, nope, it motivated me to try and get to the same position.
Not many like you around mate!The problem with this country is that we hate success.
No one ever thinks, wow, he has worked hard or is lucky enough to have natural talent, perhaps I ought to work harder/ practice more etc.
The USA has a totally different mindset!
I can remember year ago I was sitting in my car parked up behind arather nice 911. 2 blokes in suits walked along the pavement, one said to the other "look at that Porsche, its not righ tthat some bloke has that when all I can afford is a crappy escort", with that he took a key from his pocket and ran it down the side of the 911.
When I see someone with money (unless I know that they have obtained it illegally/immorally) I always think well done, nice car. So many others think flash t
t etc... Nobody thinks about the work that has no doubt gone into financing such a purchase.
The sad thing is, most people would love to think of ways to bring said person back down to their level, but they won't invest a moments thought as to how they can raise themselves to the others level. Sad really.
02verco said:
Papa Hotel said:
Respect? You don't know the meaning of the word. Regurgitating second-hand cobblers, laughing because his wife left him, it's been said before but you're a nasty piece of work.
Okay in the respect of his wife leaving him I have not told you the full story on this and what he has done, now if I were to tell you, (pm) only as this is something for his wife's sake would not be nice to be broadcast across the Internet. I do know the meaning of respect and I also share a lot of respect with my work force and they share the same back. I think the biggest thing here is that you only know half the story! The other half to be to would be going to far in to this man personal life and a boundary that I would not like to cross, I understand both points of view and in another sense agree with both and looking at what has been put can see the good and bad for what I have said! tter bellend on PH..
anonymous said:
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From my experience some staff make assumptions on bosses knowing about 30-40% of total facts..
Problem is if the bosses were to sit and explain the rationale behind every
decision made and all the different criteria taken into consideration
they would not have time to be bosses and would not be in a position to
to offer employment.
This in my opinion is one of the main reasons
why bosses are thought of as arrogant..
anonymous said:
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I agree. Explanation of their vision for the company, the strategy and then the key changes that would be made and why.In one company (~3000 people) the chairman ran an open meeting every month for 2 hrs, no subjects off limits. They started quite confrontational, became quite constructive - he found it useful as well to find out the "on the ground" view.
Pablo68 said:
When successive governments insist on bringing everything down to the lowest common denominator in the name of "fairness" it is little wonder success is seen as a dirty word.
I don't agree; it's not success that's the dirty word, it's the perception that it's come off the back of somebody else's hard work, rather than their own. Hence the particular opprobrium directed at bankers and business executives presiding over failure or collapse and rewarding themselves with large bonuses and nice cars. That is the way the majority see it now, and they're not entirely wrong..... valais said:
I agree. Explanation of their vision for the company, the strategy and then the key changes that would be made and why.
In one company (~3000 people) the chairman ran an open meeting every month for 2 hrs, no subjects off limits. They started quite confrontational, became quite constructive - he found it useful as well to find out the "on the ground" view.
I had a similar positive experience with a former employer. The CEO and COO held an annual strategy day at HQ, covering what had happened in the last 12 months, what they thought would happen in the next 12 months, the strategy and direction for the business, a big lunch, and then everybody discussing/contributing till we all ran out of steam at about 4pm and headed off to the pub. In one company (~3000 people) the chairman ran an open meeting every month for 2 hrs, no subjects off limits. They started quite confrontational, became quite constructive - he found it useful as well to find out the "on the ground" view.
As a result, everybody in the business felt like part of a team, and finished the day very positive and upbeat, despite the 'challenging' outlook and the news that we were all losing some of our allowances.
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