be a manager of one
Just read a great post over on 37 Signals svn blog about hiring ‘managers of one’.
A manager of one is someone who comes up with their own goals and executes them. They don’t need heavy direction. They don’t need daily check-ins. They do what a manager would do — set the tone, assign items, determine what needs to get done, etc. — but they do it by themselves and for themselves.
Here at ::play:: we look for similar attributes, but never thought about it in terms of a ‘Manager of One’. Such a simple way to convey the expectation. Read more.
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