Comments on: Leading “Paycheck People”

By: Dave Mohn

Dave Mohn — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:37:18 +0000

Great thoughts and visionary ideals. I have been managing paycheck to paycheck people successfully for over 12 years this way. Often called servant leadership. I want my whole team to have jobs and a desire to come to work each day.
But you must have top down support to get bottom up success. I don’t seem much of it now. Current C-Team motivation is get as much for themselves as possible and squeeze results out of everyone else. How many millions does “one” need to live on each year?

By: Donna Wood

Donna Wood — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:39:12 +0000

I find that micro-managers have a tendency to create the “paycheck” people. In my working experiences I have had more than one micro-manager in charge and it was in those businesses that one commonly heard the phrase, “I come to work, I do my job and I go home.”

I believe micro-managing is not a true form of leadership. It creates the image of an individual who has insecurities and an inability to trust others. You have to give the “paycheck people” the opportunity to prove success or failure before you write them off.

By: Eone

Eone — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:10:44 +0000

Great article, and it is happening everywhere in any organization. From my professional life experiences, many leaders tend to ignore this group of people, by labeling them as ” excess luggage”, when this group of people were motivated lots when they first joined the workforce. They are perceived as liabilities with not much efforts to change them into assets and shining stars. The leaders keep developing and give more focus of selected few [ typically high flier staff] with all sort of programs and projects in their hands to handle as part of training and exposures. In my view, leaders shall also give equal opportunities for this group of people, and after having the same and things do not improve, yes it is high time to show them exit entrance. I remember of one proverb that says ” You can bring the horse to the water, but you can’t force the horse to drink the water”. More importantly, is not to make this group of people to influence the working environment and eventually destroying the spirit and motivation of others.

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Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:14:07 +0000

Great article!