Advice For the Chief Deputy

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

- George S. Patton


One of the really great morale killers in any organization is to micro-manage the efforts of others. This is particularly true of the micro-management of those who have been given positions of authority and rank under you.

When you do this you send a message that you do not trust the judgement of the person of rank. The message is received and understood both by the people of rank and by those who are supervised by them, to the detriment of the morale of both groups. The supervisor is humiliated and the subordinates feel they are being supervised by an incompetent.

It also discloses a character flaw in your own personality as the micro-manager. That flaw is the weakness, and some would even say the sin, of arrogance. You think that your judgement and decision making skills are superior to everyone else. How sad!

Pointing this out to you is probably a wasted effort. Seldom do people such as you acknowledge their personal shortcomings or make any effort to do anything about it.

Hope springs eternal! Perhaps you could be an exception. Back off and let your supervisors do their job.

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see the man in the mirror

see the man in the mirror

Are you referring to the book by that name or just making an obscure statement?

If it's just a statement, is it directed to the chief deputy or to Patton's ghost?

Try to be a bit more lucid.

Hypocrisy is the act of pretending to have morals or virtues that one does not truly possess or practice. The word derives from the late Latin hypocrisis and Greek hupokrisis both meaning play-acting or pretence. The word is arguably derived from hypo- meaning under, + krinein meaning to decide/to dispute.[citation needed]

A classic example of a hypocritical act is to criticize others for carrying out some action while carrying out the same action oneself.

Hypocrisy is a relative term, and its meaning depends on ones' moral beliefs. For instance, moral relativists often see moral absolutists as hypocrites when they follow the detail of certain prescribed moral codes while neglecting to follow the underlying ideas behind these moral codes. Similarly, absolutists view relative morality as inherently hypocritical because the rules are not always to be adhered to absolutely.

Looks like UhhhhYeappp doesn't know the difference between lucid and verbose.

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yes, the man is quite arrogant, and does'nt think that the rules apply to him also, to the rest of us, but not to him, or the friends that he manages to keep out of trouble.he should read a quote Clarence Darrow "The failure of justice is worse than the crime itself", too bad it will be the Sheriiff, who pays for that arrogance. David Gee you should follow the example, that Uncle Cal left for you, and put a tight leash on that dog.You are supposed to be the "BOSS", and the "ELECTED OFFICIAL". The man works for you, and not the other way around. If not sooner or later he'll make a mistake soooooo huge that he'll go down, and unfortunately take you with him.

Arrogance (Ar"ro*gance) (#), n.
[F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See Arrogant.]

The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.

I remember Joe when he was a street deputy, he was always very well dressed, actually quite immaculate in his demeanor, dress and reports. When he was a Corporal, he polished his car with airplane wax so it looked really spiffy. Wether this makes him a micro-manager or just someone who expects the best of his employees is a question I can't answer. When I worked there we had Majors like Dave Mitchell and we thought him to exude all the faults that some people believe are Joe's faults. The point being, the guys before us talked about Major Dempsey, etc, etc..and the people today will be talked about 25 years from now when they are Majors and Colonels, get over it and stop finding fault with everyone at the HCSO and just do a good job in your chosen profession.
As for the Doctor, I worked for him for a short period of time when he was promoted to Sergeant and had just received his Ph:d, he was a very articulate and educated man and quite easy to work for, when you did a good job.

Hey Ricky, why don't you go to the St Pete Times site and post there?

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I felt this post needed to be revived. An oldie but a goodie that still very much applies to this day....