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Expert Profile: Ed Parr

Expertise: How to organize employees, how to stop infighting, how to handle problem employees, more. I have 25+ yrs. of experience managing within a variety of industries and labor environments. I have managed from 50 to 1,000 staff on projects with P&L responsibility ranging from $100K to $30MIL. I currently serve as the Managing Director of a Software Development Technology Ctr. for a professional services consulting firm. I enjoy helping people, especially supervisors and managers, evolve in their careers.
Over 15 years of senior management experience including: systems development, technical help desks, customer service, back-office operations, branch administration and regulatory compliance. Responsibilities have been as large as 1,000 professionals delivering projects with P&L as high as $30 million and assets totaling more than $10 billion. Customer interaction has ranged from client CEOs to customer service reps. Greatest accomplishment: Helping employees become the best they can be.

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What do you like about this subject? I enjoy advising people in the art of management because it gives me the opportunity to contribute to greater prosperity. Think about it. All wealth is formed by people being managed in some way. By improving "how" we manage each other, we give both workers and managers greater fulfillment thereby enhancing productivity and abundance worldwide.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? I plan to continue learning throughout my career. My hope is to gain sufficient knowledge to write a management handbook that will help others select true managerial talent and also will help existing managers optimize their skills and contribution.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: The most POPULAR manager is often NOT the best manager. A visible example is the office of the U.S. president. This officeholder is typically the politician who wins the highest public "approval" ratings. However, this chief executive's managerial decisions often are less than stellar. More often than not the voting public fails to view the presidency as the nation's top manager.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject I believe that "managing" is mostly about setting up and maintaining an effective co-creative environment. That is, a manager's fundamental role is to balance the interests of the owners, customers, and employees so that all are aligned in the joyful pursuit of common goals.

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Prestige Points: 3494
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Timeliness	9.84 Best of the best
Politeness	9.98 Best of the best
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Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		365

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	06/27/08
10	10	10	10	06/25/08
10	10	10	10	06/12/08
10	10	10	10	06/05/08
10	10	10	10	05/24/08

User Comments

Thanks a lot Ed appriciate it
(Dimitrz on 06/27/08)

Ed, As always, you are right on the money again. Thank you very much for your reply and I will keep you posted. Thank you.
(Diego on 06/25/08)

Thanks for the tips
(Dimitrz on 06/12/08)

This answer helped the two of us who are left, managing the workload when the cheater leaves the premisis. We will continue to notify the manager, as
(Linda on 06/05/08)

Thanks Ed for your feedback. I like the approach you are suggesting of assessing what we are dealing with 'first' before taking the plunge - I am goin
(Jim on 05/24/08)

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Recent Answers from Ed Parr

2008-06-04 cheating co worker: Dear Linda, Thank you for your question. I am going to give you the same answer I gave to my darling wife this week, and I hope it gives you the relief it gave her. I understand that this is an...

2008-05-23 employee resignation: Dear Sonia: Thank you for your question. I regret your embarassment, but, in these situations, I always recommend you assess before reacting. Ask yourself the following questions: 1.) Is this person...

2008-05-01 Generational gap: Dear Faith, Thank you for your question. It sounds like you have hired a KID (Jack) with potential, but you don’t know how best deploy him. I recommend that you stop looking at him as a successor...

2008-04-25 Dealing with untruthfull employees: Dear Carl: Thank you for your question. Your experience managing blue collar workers is not unusual. Years ago, I worked in the pipeline construction industry. All of my peers and subordinates were...

2008-04-07 Preformance Process: Dre, Absolutely! Thank you for your kind feedback. Here's my employee counseling process: My employee counseling procedure takes time to implement, but it works. So, please be patient. You never...

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