Mike,

First of all, I commend you for finding a way to work Randy Quaid's Christmas Vacation photo into this post.  Hilarious!

Secondly, this topic has been popular lately.  I'm reminded of Mary Jo Asmus' excellent series on the responsibility that both leader and follower have in making the workplace productive. See it here:http://www.aspire-cs.com/bad-manager-or-flawed-human.

I felt so strongly about ensuring that the practice aligns with the theory, I wrote a "response" to Mary Jo's thesis on my blog called "Stepping into the Abyss". Feel free to check it out.

Great post, as always!
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