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If you want to learn how to be a great manager, don’t get an MBA (Master in Bullshit Advice), get a DOG (Doctorate in Organisational Greatness). Dr Steve with his glorious mutt Indi Dogs and humans have been best buds since, well, forever. In fact, there isn’t a single point in…
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Welcome to The Unconscious Manager! This newsletter is a collaboration between me (Dr Andrew Dickson) and my friend and colleague Dr Roger McEwan. Roger and I have spent the past two decades ruminating on management. We’ve taught in Business Schools, on MBA programmes. We’ve…
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A manager’s role
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Working remotely has become normalised through the pandemic, but many managers fear a loss of control. Whether this fear is real or imagined, overcoming it could open doors for a disabled workforce looking for opportunities. I first studied management at university in 1996. Then…
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The problem of rewarding A and hoping for B brings out a central question for management: why do people need to be managed? Why don’t they just do the…
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Motion – the action or process of moving or being moved. Progress – development towards an improved or more advanced condition. Our work lives are busy…
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Ideally, the role of management is to create a workplace culture that encourages middle managers and employees to voice their concerns. What is more…
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You might be tempted to think that power comes with the title: 'Manager'. Read on . . .
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If you want an initial reaction that informs you of someone’s world view, mention Karl Marx or a Marxian concept. The name of the German philosopher…
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We need more subversive managers!
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Steven Kerr wrote a brilliant article back in the 1980s called On the Folly of Rewarding A and Hoping for B. It highlighted that what is rewarded in an…
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If you haven’t yet read part 1 - nip over here first: Think about these two terms side-by-side: Disgust Discussed They are phonetically…
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