Those that don't often wind up with management right out of the cartoon strip Dilbert . Yet companies that err toward looseness usually have more contented work forces producing fatter profits than their uptight competitors. That's not so strange.
Happy people produce.
You can drive people to do things your way. But unless they are lashed to the turnstile, the best of them leave and companies are left with those who aren't good enough to make the break. But the very fact that happens shows an attitude out there. Adams, the Dilbert guy, says many of the story lines in his strip come from actual experiences of his readers. Each bottle has an expiration date.