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<blockquote data-quote="Theichii" data-source="post: 529315" data-attributes="member: 13710"><p>Thank you for the input, I have been forced into management positions before. I loved the challenge. In the military during basic training I was dorm leader. I had to answer for 60 people if they weren't dressed correctly, if they didn't do their chores correctly, if they didn't know their training material, and all of that on maybe 6 hours of sleep at night. Then when i got to the actual job phase i was a Red Rope, and then had to answer for 500 people. Why they didn't wear the same type of uniform as everyone else. Why they didn't make it out of the building on time as everyone else, why their dormitory floors weren't as clean as everyone else's floor. Why couldn't they perform well on their tests. This was a challenge as well. I'm not saying this will pale in comparison, but i performed my job well and was generally liked and the problem people came to me for advice on how to fix things. It will be awhile before i can change things i know this. But if i have gained anything from past experiences, it is this: a little at a time adds up. If i can help a driver get off early without majorly inconviencing other drivers around them, he/she might be more willing to take more work when it is asked of them. If i put more drivers on road than is asked from time to time, it makes the others happier than if i persistently piled stops on everyone. My management team has done hourly work for at least 15 years before, my center manager was a driver and a feeder driver. My on road was a pkg driver, until his knee went bad. They both have compassion for their drivers and although i haven't been doing this for long i believe i would be able to emulate their compassion until i get higher and then it would be to understand the decisions my lower management team has made, and also why they did this. Happier workers equals higher productivity. And i will reference my military experience again. If i made the other airmen below me happy, as in help them when they needed, they generally managed themselves better and made my job a lot easier and made me look better in front of my superiors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Theichii, post: 529315, member: 13710"] Thank you for the input, I have been forced into management positions before. I loved the challenge. In the military during basic training I was dorm leader. I had to answer for 60 people if they weren't dressed correctly, if they didn't do their chores correctly, if they didn't know their training material, and all of that on maybe 6 hours of sleep at night. Then when i got to the actual job phase i was a Red Rope, and then had to answer for 500 people. Why they didn't wear the same type of uniform as everyone else. Why they didn't make it out of the building on time as everyone else, why their dormitory floors weren't as clean as everyone else's floor. Why couldn't they perform well on their tests. This was a challenge as well. I'm not saying this will pale in comparison, but i performed my job well and was generally liked and the problem people came to me for advice on how to fix things. It will be awhile before i can change things i know this. But if i have gained anything from past experiences, it is this: a little at a time adds up. If i can help a driver get off early without majorly inconviencing other drivers around them, he/she might be more willing to take more work when it is asked of them. If i put more drivers on road than is asked from time to time, it makes the others happier than if i persistently piled stops on everyone. My management team has done hourly work for at least 15 years before, my center manager was a driver and a feeder driver. My on road was a pkg driver, until his knee went bad. They both have compassion for their drivers and although i haven't been doing this for long i believe i would be able to emulate their compassion until i get higher and then it would be to understand the decisions my lower management team has made, and also why they did this. Happier workers equals higher productivity. And i will reference my military experience again. If i made the other airmen below me happy, as in help them when they needed, they generally managed themselves better and made my job a lot easier and made me look better in front of my superiors. [/QUOTE]
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