Erudite Relics of Loc Huu Ho

This article is based on the following book:
The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork
“Embrace Them and Empower Your Team”
John C. Maxwell, author of

By Scott Berkun, June 1, 2006

In part one, I covered getting started, why managers are different and other essentials. Here in part 2 we get into tactics you need for the first few weeks.

Getting acclimated

Survival training of any kind teaches you one thing: before you act, know where you are. Say, for example, I dumped you, blindfolded and dehydrated, in the Swiss Alps. Your first move wouldn

By Scott Berkun, January 25, 2006

The central mistake new managers make is egoism. On the surface, the change is all about you: you

As a positive counterpoint to my list of why managers become assholes, and as a counterbalance to my tendency to write cynically,

Definitions

• adept: is an individual identified as having attained a specific level of knowledge, skill, or aptitude in doctrines relevant to a particular author or organization
• axiomatic: evident without proof or argument; of or pertaining to an axiom; obvious (layman)
  
• exegetical: related to an exegesis, which is the interpretation and understanding of a text on the basis of the text itself
• gnomon: pronounced NO-mon, a Greek word meaning “the one who knows.” The gnomon is the pointer on a sundial, the part of the sundial that “knows” the time
• interlocutor: a person who takes part in a conversation
• par excellence: being the best of its kind; being a quintessential example of the kind in question
• truth-value: a proposition