One of my favorite quotes on management is this:
“The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.” Agha Hasan Abedi
I believe in empowering people and help them develop their full potential. But this is easy to say, and in my experience with managing people, there are times that I go overboard. I zealously oversee to the point that they can no longer decide for themselves. What makes me take a step backward and leave them alone is when they would always consult me for even the littlest thing.
However, there is a way to do it. BNET features five companies that get the most from a leaner organization. That is their secret to managing efficiently.
These five companies “pushed power, information, and authority down the organizational structure, sometimes in sharp opposition to the corporate culture. In every case, the lighter managerial touch produced more-motivated workers, cost savings, higher productivity, happier customers, or fatter profits.”
