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	<title>Management Pillars</title>
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	<description>The art of fear based management</description>
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		<title>Be the expert on topics you know nothing about!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the best ways to show that you are superior to the underlings who work for you is to easily summarize complex topics on which you know nothing about. This happens a lot in IT and complex engineering, where one or more of your staff members will come to you about a large issue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.managementpillars.com/2011/03/20/be-the-expert-on-topics-you-know-nothing-about/</link>
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		<title>Less Work = More Reward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life is not fair or equitable.  Look at the universe it is mostly empty the mass is located in very tight spaces in relative terms. In business you do not expect things to equal either, but there comes a time when even the most opened minded individuals will start to question the tactics of the powers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.managementpillars.com/2011/02/26/less-work-more-reward/</link>
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		<title>The New Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Has your company been struggling lately?  Has the poor economy decreased your business and the outlook is dim? Here is a sure fire sign you are fucked…you notice new people around.  They have meetings with the boss.  They interview people and look at the numbers. Then….they have an all hands meeting and your management team says they are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.managementpillars.com/2011/02/26/the-new-program/</link>
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		<title>Pa pa pa poker face</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know you are in deep shit when your boss starts hiring all his sycophant friends. They stack the deck against you, like playin poker in Vegas you will be wiped out, beat up, sent up the river and banged in the ass &#8211; the house always wins&#8230;.spades dance best from the hip.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.managementpillars.com/2011/02/26/pa-pa-pa-poker-face/</link>
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		<title>Having said that&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can tell when you are working in an authentic 21st century company. The heritage people and managers often use words like &#8220;do we have a quorum&#8221; or &#8220;having said that&#8221; or &#8220;that said&#8220;. They use these words to show you that they are the real decision makers and knowers of all things. In meeting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.managementpillars.com/2011/02/26/having-said-that/</link>
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		<title>Up the line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When employees think that they have the ability to make even the most minimal decisions, there is something VERY WRONG. If an employee makes a decision without your knowledge or shall I say blessing/approval, it is imperative that they be placed on a PIP. Furthermore, others will learn that even the smallest decisions must come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.managementpillars.com/2011/02/23/up-the-line/</link>
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		<title>Minimize Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is never good to allow an employee to feel any sense of accomplishment. PERIOD. In a recent situation one of my subordinates was so freaking proud of his success. As a good manager you need to teach humility. When he came beaming into my office and disclosed his latest successful task, I responded with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.managementpillars.com/2009/06/11/minimize-success/</link>
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		<title>Disclosure can be a good thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s yearly review time, and with the economy being the way it is, the average employee should not expect anything in return, except maybe criticism.Â  One way to put it into perspective is to tell your employee your salary. Some great ways to do that are as follows, sometimes actions speak louder than words: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.managementpillars.com/2009/04/15/disclosure-can-be-a-good-thing/</link>
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		<title>Secret to Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get money while others lives are destroyed]]></description>
		<link>http://www.managementpillars.com/2009/04/14/secret-to-success/</link>
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		<title>Leverage Professional Position for Personal Favors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever find that between socializing, one upping and just plain spacing out that you simply don&#8217;t have time to do the more or less important things in life? That car is not going to clean itself, and for that matter, you aren&#8217;t going to clean it either; it&#8217;s below you. Think of it this way, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.managementpillars.com/2008/09/20/leverage-professional-position-for-personal-favors/</link>
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