Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1919 — Developing Men [ARTICLE]

Developing Men

Co-Operation is the Key to. Success

*“WtT do not pick our men, we develop them,” says a successful manufacturer. “Or, rather, we help them to develop themselves. Not one of our men can be fired outright. No forteman or department head can dismiss an employee. Good cause has to be shown.” Developing men is a very good rule, as many can tell, but a good rule for making rabbit pie begins: First catch the rabbit. The developer of men must be the comrade of his men, not the autocrat. If he is supercilious the penalty will be failure. He must have at least a fair general knowledge of how to do the work he wants done. His is rare ability, founded upon rare temperament. He is the dynamo which runs any successful enterprise. The French say “cherchez la femme” when a crimes has been committed. The formula is “cherchez, I’homme” when anyone wishes to account for the success of a great industrial eriterprlse. The man at the bottom of its success is one who knows how to get the best work out of an army of employees. A successful general is the officer whose men swear by him; not the fussy martinet whose men swear, secretly, at him.