
Developing Competence through Performance-Specific Feedback
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the status of big children, but the reality is that corporate life
tends to do just that.
Winning managers send two clear messages:
Message 1: Employees are adults and will be treated like
adults.
Message 2: Every member of the management team is
also an employee of the organization.
The major differences between workers and man-
agers lie in the realm of roles and responsibilities.
What about Power and Authority?
In most work environments, the so-called power that man-
agers are permitted to use is regulated through either govern-
ment restriction (as in the case of arbitrary ...