On Middle Management

by the Pirate on May 31, 2008

Shauna has a tone poem up regarding management. She thinks she is talking about the restaurant industry, but she is talking about life: about being a mom or housewife; about owning a business; about teaching; about journalism; about the managing editor slot at a consumer magazine; about Chief of Staff at the White House; about entrepreneurism; about being a sergeant in the armed forces; about writing a sonnet; about producing a play; about managing an office or being a realtor.

Read it, whether you are a chef or not. Okay? Because we are all in middle management—even the person at the top. The owner, the CEO, the Chair of the Board—everyone is in middle management, because every single individual still answers to someone: the market, the shareholders, the need to sell product, the almighty dollar.

Whatever it is, “this is the business we’ve chosen.” So, go. And enjoy it. Okay?

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