Valerio Albisetti - Il viaggio della Vita

I remember a manager who always kept a distance from all of the people he met in the company. He used to say that his was the ideal attitude of a manager. One day I met him in a bar. He was alone. We greeted each other and he nodded for me to come sit at his table. I hadn’t even sat down before he started to vent his pain, his anguish. He was depressed. He was surprised when I told him that I had known this for a long time. From his behavior at work. When a person keeps a...

When a manager is dead inside he takes pleasure in doing harm, in preventing newness, in destroying and in discouraging the potential of his workers. If you observe certain companies you will find managers who, in theory, want to change. In practice, however, they seek to maintain the status quo at all costs. This is because every change brings newness, risk and possibility of failure. Every change brings the possibility to renew oneself. When you are dead inside, all of...

The mean manager knows he has lost his intimate vitality, his personal energy. He rages against his subordinates. He loves to plot against people and make them suffer. Deep down he is envious and jealous of others- above all whole, simple and vital people, because they remind him of what he once was. Often when one obtains power, like a much yearned for command post, that person’s personal and spiritual growth journey stops. There is a detachment from the great moral...

Vitality and energy – which produce the desire to live and work as well as impetus, enthusiasm and joy- must not be left alone but always cared for. Only by remaining whole, coherent, humble and full of dignity do you keep your vitality and personal energy. I know many managers that lost their dignity a long time ago, and even if they are not aware, lost their vitality along with it. For reason this they became ruthless and bad

I want to talk now about the desire to live and work because vitality comes naturally when you have good self-esteem; when you know feel that you are unique and unrepeatable; when you have personal dignity; when you are open and flexible; when you are the protagonist of yourself.