Becoming a HGV driver (connor)
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From: SteveH on 11 Dec 2006 13:57 Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > Some can, some can't. Even those who can often need someone with more > > experience and skills to help the thought process. > > So they're poorly trained. Who do you propose trains the store managers, then? Perhaps that would be one of the function of an area manager? - what do you think? > > The area manager also collates regional information tracking localised > > trends and making recommendations to other departments in order to > > make improvements etc. > > A computer can do that. A computer can only work with absolute facts and figures, it doesn't take into account human induced issues. > > If all managers were 100% capable of running businesses without any > > more senior intervention, they wouldn't be store managers. > > They would, but you'd be out of a job. You can say this about so many different jobs. Almost everyone needs a manager to coach, train and manage their performance. If this wasn't the case we'd all be capable of being CEO of IBM. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: Conor on 11 Dec 2006 15:22 In article <1hq71g3.lohx0ifvtom0N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The importance isn't in what's red and what's black. The real skill is > > > knowing why something is red or black > > > > > You don't need to be Einstein to work that out. > > You really don't know anything about this, do you? > As much as you do about lorry driving but it doesn't stop you from telling me how to do it from your vast first hand experience. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Conor on 11 Dec 2006 15:23 In article <1hq719z.bu40m31twbsykN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > If all managers were 100% capable of running businesses without any more > senior intervention, they wouldn't be store managers. > Isn't it funny how in retail they call everyone managers who in any other sector would be a foreman/chargehand. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: SteveH on 11 Dec 2006 15:24 Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > You really don't know anything about this, do you? > > > As much as you do about lorry driving but it doesn't stop you from > telling me how to do it from your vast first hand experience. I encountered truck drivers every working day for around 15 years of my working life. I didn't tell you anything about how to drive a truck, just that most drivers were under-educated, ignorant apes. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: Conor on 11 Dec 2006 15:24
In article <1hq736q.1vvx3kl1jijrN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > Almost everyone needs a > manager to coach, train and manage their performance. No they don't. I've suffered at the hands of some of the wonderful decisions so called middle management have come out with. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us. |