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... CHALLENGE by Mike Manes This is the latest in a series of articles on organizational management and leadership by Mike Manes. The first article created a Management "Jambalaya" using various ingredients: "Leftover" ideas that still apply in the world of people and work. This article tells you why effective surveys are critical. &# 160 &# 160 The ideas that follow are driven by my scar tissue, not my brain tissue. This is to your advantage because my scar tissue is far better developed. &# 160 In my opinion, brain tissue is about your head, academic study, and sitting on your butt and being taught, while scar tissue is about one's heart and soul, experience, falling on your butt and learning a lesson, and most important of all — getting ... up after you fall. I believe that scar tissue is more important because it's about living life — not learning about life. Life is the toughest teacher; first you're given the test and then you get the lesson. &# 160 I was once speaking with a group of bankers about the cultural differences between banks and insurance agencies. I explained that my experience came from failing to bridge this cultural gap in one organization. &# 160 One of the bankers asked, "Why should we listen to you — you've admitted you failed once?" For a second I froze and then, as He so often does, God gave me an answer. I asked simply, "How much would you pay someone to get cancer for you?" The banker became quiet and listened carefully ...

...that follow are driven by my scar tissue, not my brain tissue. This is to your advantage because my scar tissue is far better developed.   ...meone else's failures (scar tissue) can save you from having so many ...