Comments on: The Art Of Managing Self-Interest http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2008/08/the-art-of-managing-self-interest/ Customers, Marketing, Work, and Thoughts on a Creative Life Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris Bailey http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2008/08/the-art-of-managing-self-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-822 Chris Bailey Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:56:25 +0000 http://www.baileyworkplay.com/?p=411#comment-822 Hiya Steve, glad to provide some inspiration for your latest post. I agree that there is a real misunderstanding around self-interest. It's quite different from self-centeredness or other more negative forms of egoism that can plague management (and employees for that matter). It is possible to pursue self-interest with a higher purpose. Thanks for the dialogue here as always and double thanks for stretching it with your latest post: http://www.allthingsworkplace.com/2008/08/stop-the-cute-s.html Hiya Steve, glad to provide some inspiration for your latest post. I agree that there is a real misunderstanding around self-interest. It’s quite different from self-centeredness or other more negative forms of egoism that can plague management (and employees for that matter). It is possible to pursue self-interest with a higher purpose.

Thanks for the dialogue here as always and double thanks for stretching it with your latest post:
http://www.allthingsworkplace.com/2008/08/stop-the-cute-s.html

]]> By: Steve Roesler http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2008/08/the-art-of-managing-self-interest/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Steve Roesler Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:09:30 +0000 http://www.baileyworkplay.com/?p=411#comment-821 Nice post, Chris. The whole notion of self-interest has a lot of misunderstanding attached to it. Let's face it: none of us does anything until we decide how it's going to help us gain a desired pleasure of avoid some hideous pain. The example of influencing teams is a good one because it's compounded by the lure of looking at the team as a single entity rather than a collection of individuals needing to be influenced individually. This is why managers get the big bucks:-) But that is the issue: taking time to find out what it is about an issue that hits each person a certain way and then following through accordingly. Keep up the good work here...hope you're having a good summer. Nice post, Chris.

The whole notion of self-interest has a lot of misunderstanding attached to it. Let’s face it: none of us does anything until we decide how it’s going to help us gain a desired pleasure of avoid some hideous pain.

The example of influencing teams is a good one because it’s compounded by the lure of looking at the team as a single entity rather than a collection of individuals needing to be influenced individually. This is why managers get the big bucks:-) But that is the issue: taking time to find out what it is about an issue that hits each person a certain way and then following through accordingly.

Keep up the good work here…hope you’re having a good summer.

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