Lessons you've learned in employment?

[Gerald Wilgus]

I was, along with engineering, a technical expert on nuclear pharmaceutical processes (two patents for cyclotron target processing) I noticed that when things sometimes went wrong, management immediately played the blame game. I learned that if a problem occurs it is a teaching moment. I would approach problems without placing blame but work with the production team to correct it in compliance with 21 CFR Part 211 (Current Good Manufacturing Practice). As a result, I got much more than authority, I got influence.

 

[Judge]

Just leave me alone and I will take care of your organization micro manage, find somebody else, Your choice.

Good point. Managers who habitually micromanage everyone usually end in failure.

That their best course of action is identify their best workers and give them the latitude they want to get the job done on their terms. A dynamic I saw repeatedly working for one corporate employer for nearly two decades.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I lasted 21 years nobody bothered me. I gave them the best colour control anywhere Now they are worried a competitor will figure out how it was done, Key to their competitive advantage. So far unable to expand to even sister plants. Took me years of experience and supplementary specialized education education to put system together for them. EIther way what I did was and to a certain extent still is considered impossible within the industry,