Perry (my boss at work) recently shared a book with me: Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box . I was listening to the audiobook last night, and my wife was listening from the other room as well. In several chapters there is dialog between a manager and his administrative assistant. The narrator attempts to use a feminine voice to portray the assistant, after one dialoge my wife came in and said “I like his feminine voice. He sounds like a drag queen.” It was a funny moment, you had to be there I guess.
Anyways, the book is AWESOME. It really opens your eyes to a pervasive problem that managers have, and helps you to get “out of the box”. I kind of wonder if Perry thinks I am “in the box” from the perspective and that’s why he loaned it to me… I highly recommend the audio book version, it is an easy listen.