What’s a Long Screw Driver?

Ah, the long screw driver, my friend that is, a most special tool. It can screw an otherwise workable plan in an instant, it can double the workload in a jiffy and best of all, those wielding it have no case to answer when it all goes wrong.  The Long Screw driver exists as a management tool of mistrust.  It is removed from the management tool box when it is least needed and often deployed to devastating effect on both the project and those running it.

Those using the Long Screw driver believe their interventions as Management or worst of all, Leadership.  I’m sure on occasions I may have deployed one myself, but my actions and impact compare little to a Cdr with years of ‘driver’ experience. 

I should of course be thankful.  Combine the Long Screw driver with the ‘Good Idea Club’ and we’re talking force multipliers.