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November 12, 2006
The Saltshaker Theory of Management
The October edition of Inc. magazine had a guest column about Danny Meyer, who has received a great deal of buzz recently. Mssr. Meyer is a restauranteur who first came to my attention when I read Small Giants, by Bo Burlingame (good read, by the way).
Since then, he has been in a number of articles ranging from the Wall Street Journal to the Inc magazine article. I'm constantly on the lookout for better ways to manage, lead, and communicate with others. Meyer's bit on "Constant Gentle Pressure" is a good reminder:
Constant-never lower your standards
Gentle-coach and reteach while keeping other's dignity intact
Pressure-consistency and watching to make sure that the core of excellence stays intact.
The rest of the article is well worth the 5 minutes to read but fair warning-the implications of this article has kept me thinking on my daily commute....
Posted by chitch at November 12, 2006 3:02 AM