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I have faith in my fellow man - I know their strengths and their weaknesses.  A lot of things are about leadership - many people do not know how to lead a group.  There is one basic rule - it you actually lead, they will follow.  You can treat the guys as equals and still retain control as long as they are consulted and informed.  Where I used to work, when the Spring Racing Carnival was on at Flemington, the guys would always find an excuse to clock-off and go there for The Oaks.  All the managers had to do was work around it. What was lost in man-hours came back in good will. The best situation is when workers have sufficient information to self-manage and they are highly motivated.  In Australia, that usually only occurs in one-man businesses.

With people such as Stuart Garner, he is probably with his workers, but not of them. In Australia, many managers have been educated in the private schools. It is rare for a trades-person to become a professional engineer or scientist.