66: Let people develop their skills.

from BUSINESS LINE, October 27, 2008 Companies love off-site meetings. Meetings in which strategies are debated are even more special and great effort is taken to hold such events in exotic locales. These are normally positioned as events where the managers who are fortunate enough to be invited are supposed to leave their workday cares behind and concentrate on figuring out the really important stuff like where should the company be headed, how to get there and, most importantly, who will take it there. Thos e who attend have a virtuous glow from being among the chosen few and those who are left behind, naturally enough, sulk! I was invited to attend one such meeting recently …