Comments on: Fire Your Relatives. Scare Your Employees. And Stop Whining – So Says George Cloutier http://www.constructonomics.com/blog/2010/02/14/fire-your-relatives-scare-your-employees-and-stop-whining-so-says-george-cloutier/ A construction industry blog that digs below bedrock Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:59:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: John Poole http://www.constructonomics.com/blog/2010/02/14/fire-your-relatives-scare-your-employees-and-stop-whining-so-says-george-cloutier/comment-page-1/#comment-709 John Poole Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:41:10 +0000 http://www.constructonomics.com/blog/?p=251#comment-709 Obviously you can't have employees sitting around all day with their feet on their desk and not expecting to get fired. However, I think the better situation is where employees are engaged to the point where they don't want to sit around with their feet on their desk and they want to perform at their highest level because of the satisfaction it brings. Why do people do things that don't pay them anything, like climbing a mountain or playing in amateur tennis tournaments? Obviously you can’t have employees sitting around all day with their feet on their desk and not expecting to get fired. However, I think the better situation is where employees are engaged to the point where they don’t want to sit around with their feet on their desk and they want to perform at their highest level because of the satisfaction it brings.

Why do people do things that don’t pay them anything, like climbing a mountain or playing in amateur tennis tournaments?

]]> By: James http://www.constructonomics.com/blog/2010/02/14/fire-your-relatives-scare-your-employees-and-stop-whining-so-says-george-cloutier/comment-page-1/#comment-708 James Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:35:40 +0000 http://www.constructonomics.com/blog/?p=251#comment-708 I disagree... the most produtive environments I have worked in had nothing to do with fear or consequences. We had good leaders, and selected good employees. It comes down to the leaderships ability to create productive environments. This sort of syndrome comes froms a lack of creativity and understanding of people in upper management and is very common. You want productive employees, show them appreciation regularly and celebrate their achievements. It's a political work of art. I disagree… the most produtive environments I have worked in had nothing to do with fear or consequences. We had good leaders, and selected good employees. It comes down to the leaderships ability to create productive environments. This sort of syndrome comes froms a lack of creativity and understanding of people in upper management and is very common. You want productive employees, show them appreciation regularly and celebrate their achievements. It’s a political work of art.

]]> By: Ned Pelger http://www.constructonomics.com/blog/2010/02/14/fire-your-relatives-scare-your-employees-and-stop-whining-so-says-george-cloutier/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Ned Pelger Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:10:42 +0000 http://www.constructonomics.com/blog/?p=251#comment-706 I think your being disingenuous if you don't acknowledge a certain amount of fear is necessary in management. If there are no bad consequences, complacency almost always occurs. I'm not a fan of guilt and shame (which you add), but some fear works. It's much more important to be respected rather than to be liked. I think your being disingenuous if you don’t acknowledge a certain amount of fear is necessary in management. If there are no bad consequences, complacency almost always occurs. I’m not a fan of guilt and shame (which you add), but some fear works.

It’s much more important to be respected rather than to be liked.

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