For those who are familiar with Despair, Inc., Kersten is one of its founders.
This is sort of giant Demotivation poster in text rather than image form. The subtitle (A visionary guide for transforming your company's least valuable asset: your employees) puts the target on the back of all of us. That is, all of us worker-bees. It was amusing, even entertaining - except that I started realizing that certain administrators (edubabble for executives) of my experience were busily employing the principles expounded in this little volume. Some of us as fans of Demotivators had noticed that one of them seemed to describe our then administrator so well that only the most daring of our number was willing to use the image as a wallpaper. It was the one labeled "Arrogance" with the subtext: "The best leaders inspire by example. When that is not an option, brute intimidation works pretty well, too." I was not able to find it on the Despair website last time I visited. Sad.
And lest anyone be horrified by the number of items I have posted this weekend, this one has been my book for reading in small doses while away from my desk - in the bathroom - for several weeks. Time to get it back to the dean.
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