The Alternative Manager

Look around your office. Over there, in the corner, is Jim. Jim with the senior grade, the big car, the extra holiday allowance, and twice your salary. Jim, who never delivered anything, whose projects never seem to succeed, who never meets his targets. How is it possible that Jim could be in such a senior position? The answer is that Jim is an Alternative Manager. He understands how to get ahead without the tiresome need to work and perform. This blog tells you how to join the Jims.

As the content of this blog builds up, I will slowly add to this table of contents.

However it is also intended that the whole blog can be read in sequence, a bit like a book, so each post has a link to the previous/next one in logical reading sequence.

Here's the contents for the first section: Staff

Staff

The four reasons why you need staff
The big problem with staff and what to do about it - classification and containment

Extension staff
Inferior staff
Minion staff
Specialist staff
Loyalist staff

Praetorians
Dependents

Creating and maintaining dependence
Management, leadership and morale
The real purpose of staff
What kind of people do you need

The next section on Bosses is work in progress, so I'll leave updating this ToC until it is ready.

Table of Contents