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Your war analogy is understandable and accurate.
We are dependent on management to be successful as leaders.
But there is also danger in that analogy.
NEVER FORGET:
Military generals care for the welfare of their troops.
Management generals see their troops as a liability. A "cost".
Nothing wrong with that. That's business. We just have to always be aware of it. Sometimes I think we forget.
This is Delta Air Lines, Inc. , not the Delta Air Force.
I think everyone agrees 100%. Our job is to get paid what we are worth, the job of a manager is to get us to as close to free as possible. Somewhere in the middle is where we live...