Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO POLICY LETTER OF 11 APRIL 1961 | Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO POLICY LETTER OF 11 APRIL 1961 |
HOW TO DO A STAFF JOB | HOW TO DO A STAFF JOB |
If you want a higher level of dissemination and a higher unit or salary, the way to obtain them is simple. | If you want a higher level of dissemination and a higher unit or salary, the way to obtain them is simple. |
1. Do your own job. | 1. Do your own job. |
2. Insist that the other staff member do his — but don’t do it for him or her. | 2. Insist that the other staff member do his — but don’t do it for him or her. |
Example of error: HCO Sec is so busy being D of P or D of T, no hats or tech bulletins get checked. Result: randomity. Assn Sec is so busy being Dir of Accounts, no executive supervision and assistance occurs. D of P does so much Admin, no technical results happen. Etc., etc. | Example of error: HCO Sec is so busy being D of P or D of T, no hats or tech bulletins get checked. Result: randomity. Assn Sec is so busy being Dir of Accounts, no executive supervision and assistance occurs. D of P does so much Admin, no technical results happen. Etc., etc. |
You can wear several hats. The point is, do them, not other hats. | You can wear several hats. The point is, do them, not other hats. |
Every time you do the other fellow’s job for him or her, you cover up a camouflaged hole. People who are camouflaged holes make Dev T. The next thing you know you are protecting the ineffective, have a large number on staff and get no work done and get no unit. | Every time you do the other fellow’s job for him or her, you cover up a camouflaged hole. People who are camouflaged holes make Dev T. The next thing you know you are protecting the ineffective, have a large number on staff and get no work done and get no unit. |
Let the ineffective either sink or get audited. Don’t protect them. | Let the ineffective either sink or get audited. Don’t protect them. |
Do your own jobs. | Do your own jobs. |
Refuse to do the other fellow’s. | Refuse to do the other fellow’s. |
Make ineffective staff members look like ineffectives by leaving the hole open, not hidden. | Make ineffective staff members look like ineffectives by leaving the hole open, not hidden. |
Don’t hide bad work from executives. Your game is not to protect the goofballs but to get a show on the road. | Don’t hide bad work from executives. Your game is not to protect the goofballs but to get a show on the road. |
So please do your own job and do it well. | So please do your own job and do it well. |
Even if an executive asks you to do somebody else’s job — don’t. Say, instead, “Am I transferred?” If the answer is no, tell him to get lost. I’ll back you up. | Even if an executive asks you to do somebody else’s job — don’t. Say, instead, “Am I transferred?” If the answer is no, tell him to get lost. I’ll back you up. |
Do your own jobs. What are they? | Do your own jobs. What are they? |
And you’ll see — you’ll have wider dissemination and higher income. | And you’ll see — you’ll have wider dissemination and higher income. |
Every hour you spend off post doing somebody else’s job is an hour lost off your lines. They catch up with you. Only then could you become frantic, overworked, dispersed. | Every hour you spend off post doing somebody else’s job is an hour lost off your lines. They catch up with you. Only then could you become frantic, overworked, dispersed. |
So please. Do your own job and let the other fellow reap the hurricane if he doesn’t do his. | So please. Do your own job and let the other fellow reap the hurricane if he doesn’t do his. |
I do my own job. I have pretty exact hats. They are Research, Writing, Dissemination, Goals, Justice and higher level personnel. Every time a staff member goofs, it tends to roll on up and knock my hats sideways. | I do my own job. I have pretty exact hats. They are Research, Writing, Dissemination, Goals, Justice and higher level personnel. Every time a staff member goofs, it tends to roll on up and knock my hats sideways. |
So please handle your own job. That way the world will prosper and so will we. | So please handle your own job. That way the world will prosper and so will we. |