The Coach
A manager was very upset over the sales results from the exhibition.
"You're professional salesmen. How can you give me such sales figures? A bunch of young kids can do better than you. You all ought to be fired!"
All the salesmen kept quiet. The manager, looking for someone to agree with him, picked the young ex-American footballer who just joined the sales team.
"Tim, they'll fire all the players if the football team loses, don't your agree? That's the way it works, isn't it?"
"Yes, if a player doesn't perform, they replace the footballer." Tim then hesitated, "Eh... If the whole team doesn't perform, they just replace the coach."
The next time your children, subordinates, etc. fail to perform, don't be so quick to fire them.
Maybe the person who needs firing is yourself?
"You're professional salesmen. How can you give me such sales figures? A bunch of young kids can do better than you. You all ought to be fired!"
All the salesmen kept quiet. The manager, looking for someone to agree with him, picked the young ex-American footballer who just joined the sales team.
"Tim, they'll fire all the players if the football team loses, don't your agree? That's the way it works, isn't it?"
"Yes, if a player doesn't perform, they replace the footballer." Tim then hesitated, "Eh... If the whole team doesn't perform, they just replace the coach."
The next time your children, subordinates, etc. fail to perform, don't be so quick to fire them.
Maybe the person who needs firing is yourself?
posted by Vic at 12:59 AM
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