52 Entries in the 6 Word Management Story

I received 52 responses to the 6 word management request last week. You could take these and have a different management story every week for the next year. Read the statements below and then I will announce the winner of the coolest management story as judged by 3 teenagers who are just beginning to be managed by different people at various jobs.

Here they are:

1. Seek understanding, give support, find results
2. Look, listen, learn. Lift, laugh, lead.
3. Learned to GTD, teaching others how.
4. They tried harder but kept failing.”
5. Learned management wisdom, tried something else.
6. Eventually she understood what really mattered.”
7. Empower the team, hold them accountable.
8. Facilitate the network, let the net work.
9. Always learning and teaching, join me
10. I requested, they failed, I fired.
11. Challenge your people; pay them well.
12. I trust you, make it happen
13. Living to shape minds and destinies!
14. He tried, sometimes failed,always learnt.
15. Worked hard, failed alot, succeeded some.
16. Chaos ensuing, unaccountability ruling, we’re compelling.
17. I am interested in your work.
18. Worked hard, failed alot, succeeded some.
19. I trust you, make it happen
20. First, take care of your people.
21. Living to shape minds and destinies!
22. They tried harder but kept failing.
23. ‘He tried, sometimes failed,always learnt.’
24. Empower the team, hold them accountable.
25. Eventually she understood what really mattered.
26. Most importantly, learn to ask questions.
27. Herding Cats, Taming Lions. Why Not?
28. Your worth is in their eyes.”
29. Demand high standards; measure with grace
30. I ask questions, you find solutions.
31. To learn more sooner, fail faster.
32. Outward transformation begins with internal change.
33. Let’s squash the competition like bugs!
34. My success begins with your success.
35. Share vision. Don’t be an obstacle.
36. You will rise above and conquer!
37. Do Plan. Study. Act. Celebrate. Repeat.
38. Lead by staying out of the way.
39. One of many; catalysts don’t boast
40. Life is a journey…so enjoy.
41. Dare to dream…and dream BIG!
42. Watch, Do, Teach; Learn, Live, Give.
43. Orders are easy, Examples are harder
44. Measure twice, cut once.
45. Honeydew this, Honeydew that, I’ll watch.
46. Open hands hold more than fists
47. Who, What, Why, where, When, How.
48. My work is their work, succeeding.
49. Succeed by failing different every time
50. You’ll be MY boss, one day
51. Find the “why”, then act. Repeat.
52. Once knew all. Now know better.

And the teenagers choose two winners. It was a Toonie after all so two winners make sense to me.

“JB” won with “I trust you, make it happen” and Cheryl Tardiff won for life/work management with, “Honeydew this, Honeydew that, I’ll watch.”

JB and Cheryl email me at dzinger@shaw.ca so I can get your address and send those lovely toonies. I loved a lot of them and I think many of you now have a pithy was to state your story.

Thanks to everyone for entering

David Zinger