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…You might be a manager

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Growing up inrural Pennsylvania, I always enjoyed Jeff Foxworthy's comedy routines. Especially the "you might be a redneck" bits. Sure, they sometimes hit a bit close to home, but I always thought it was healthy to laugh at yourself every so often.

I'm a firm believer that every segment of society should be able to poke fun at itself. I was trained as a lawyer.There's a ton of low hanging fruit there if you ever need a laugh. Believe me.

But this blog is about management. So with a hat tip to Mr. Foxworthy, here goes.

  • If someone asks you how your train ride was, and you respond, "Fantastic! I knocked out about 200 emails,"....you might be a manager.
  • If you have four business books sitting on your nightstand...you might be a manager.
  • If the fact that you haven't picked up a one of those four business books in a week bothers you...you might be a manager.
  • If you have more "productivity" apps on your phone than games...you might be a manager.
  • If someone asks you who your favorite author is, and Jim Collins comes to mind...You might be a manager.
  • If you compare notes with friends to see how they handle their email in-box...you might be a manager.
  • If you consider bragging about a spreadsheet you developed...you might be a manager.
  • If you have a folder filled with articles on how to improve meetings...you might be a manager.
  • If you ever created a checklist to improve your checklists...you might be a manager.
  • If you ever made a New Year's resolution to read more business books...you might be a manager.
  • If you've ever done research on how to improve your checklists...you might be a manager.
  • If a slow spell at work makes you nervous...you might be a manager.
  • If you rate airports by the number of free outlets they make available...you might be a manager.
  • If you find it hard not to rate people solely by how well they do their job...you might be a manager.
  • If a blog post by John Spence or Dan Rockwell nearly brings you to tears...you might be a manager.
  • If you watched a TED video and thought to yourself...man, this could change my life...you might be a manager.
  • And if the length of this blog post is starting to bother you because of all that's on your plate...you might be a manager.

Feel free to add to the list, folks. Have a great weekend!

Anthony Demangone

Anthony Demangone

NAFCU

Anthony Demangone is executive vice president and chief operating officer at the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU). Demangone oversees day-to-day operations and manages the association’s education, membership, human resources, building facilities, finance and information technology functions. He also authors NAFCU’s executive blog, Musings from the CU Suite. Before assuming the COO position, Demangone served as NAFCU’s vice president of regulatory compliance, where he led a staff of compliance attorneys and managed the day-to-day affairs of NAFCU’s compliance assistance program.

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