Paul's Blog
| Relationships Matter |
Management theorist like Fredrick Taylor and Alfred Sloan promoted a cool, rational approach to management that has held sway for over 100 years. Taylor, the father of scientific management, was a mechanical engineer by training who sought to create efficient, machine-like workplaces. Alfred Sloan, another engineer-turned-theorist, wrote, “loneliness, distance and formality” are the CEO’s duty and in business you need to be “rational, not personal.” I suggest a different approach—when working human beings, you need to be rational and personal because purely-rational workplaces disrespect human nature and throw sand into the motivational engine. This article explores the advantages of a more natural, relationship-based approach to management. |
| Read more... |
| Paul's Manifesto |
 |
 |
 |
|
My book gives employee-focused managers the intellectual firepower they will need to defend themselves from the forces of bureaucratic, impersonal, hyperrational management. Revolutionary Vision Best selling author, Ricardo Semler, called this approach “natural management”—not capitalism, not communism, but something altogether more rewarding and productive. Create a Win for All Parties Viva La Revolución, Paul Herr Author of Primal Management |
I hope to ignite a revolution in management thinking with Primal Management. I basically want to prove to the business community, once and for all, that it is far more efficient to manage with the carrot than with the stick.