
Optimizing is a manager’s duty. Let the people do the same things better, cheaper or faster.

Do what you believe in.
Paint a picture of the future.
Go there.
People will follow.”
A leader works to discover new ways of doing new things, uncovering new paths going off the bitten track.

Teasle: First of all, you don’t ask the questions around here. I do. Understand! Second, we don’t want guys like you in this town, drifters. Next thing we know, we got a whole *bunch* of guys like you in this town. THAT’S WHY! Besides, you wouldn’t like it here anyway. It’s just a quiet little town. In fact you might say it’s BORING. But that’s the way we like it. I get paid to keep it that way.
Bad news, at least for Chief Teasle, is that you cannot treat top-skilled, highly trained professionals, as you would treat 18-year-old grunts. Bossy bosses are quietly disappearing from all professions where the work force is skilled and trained.
The more skilled, the faster.
Related: It’s not dealing with cogs anymore: Where did all the good jobs go?A hint. They’re not coming back. In the following decades we are not going to deal with cogs and nuts anymore. Being a compliant worker is not going to be an advantage since machines can be more compliant than any of us