PEPAC Principal Releases New Book

MANAGING NAZI DEATH MARCH;

Your Staff, your Project - and why one must be left to die

A new book by PEPAC Principal J. Smith

Sequel to Holocaust HR!, Managing Nazi Death March breaks exciting new ground in “Hard” HR relations and Project Management. Author J. Smith explains:

“In Holocaust HR!, I asked this question: why just knock over the delicate house of cards your staff have lovingly built for you – when you can, metaphorically, raze it to the ground?

As CEO, you hold all the cards. Covet them. Shield them. And then torch them in an explosion of pique and see staff productivity blaze into life - a strategic bonfire, if you will, of the vanities. 

In Managing Nazi Death March, I ask you this question: why are there still any staff left standing to be building houses of cards? Look, business is too grave an issue; let's drop the metaphors now: if you’re serious about a project, your staff should literally be dead or have sustained severe psychological impairment by the end of it. Otherwise, you are not running them hard enough. 

Hit the ground running? NO. Hit the ground dead. End of."