Consultants and experts tend to be hedonists. They do what they love doing and ignore the rest. The manager is willing to do the boring stuff because it is not fun but necessary. A lot of management is dull.
“The willingness to put in the labour of continuous performance is the key differentiator of the successful executive. For most people, this all just seems like a massive ballache. But for the driven, who aspire to the highest levels of the royal court / C-Suite, it is all necessary”
Consultants and experts tend to be hedonists. They do what they love doing and ignore the rest. The manager is willing to do the boring stuff because it is not fun but necessary. A lot of management is dull.
“The willingness to put in the labour of continuous performance is the key differentiator of the successful executive. For most people, this all just seems like a massive ballache. But for the driven, who aspire to the highest levels of the royal court / C-Suite, it is all necessary”
https://tempo.substack.com/p/performance-management
https://tempo.substack.com/p/plumbing
Love the quote, and I agree.
Interesting. I've been thinking and writing about boredom at all levels of organizations below the executive levels. Sounds like it only gets worse.