Cowboy management should be as out of date in the workplace as a cowboy in Manhattan. This nation was built on teamwork, not individu- al, independent effort. The ego is particularly damaging to organiza- tions in the political world. We should always remember that few sports teams with the league-leading scorer go on to win the championship. It is teams with the best cooperation, harmony, and teamwork that take home the big prize.
Talk is cheap.
Trying things, trying new methods involves personal risk. This is a lesson I should have been wise to as a teacher. It was much easier for me to explain to my students what they should do than it was for them to do it. Once you take on the challenge to drive fear from the workplace, institute leadership, trust, respect and joy in work, the real task has only begun. Once you decide to take the risk, seeing the results of your implementation efforts will take you much longer than you expected-maybe twice as long.