[bitwize]

The fictional company Initech from Office Space is depicted as a blandly oppressive corporate hellscape -- but it's fundamentally more honest than most corporations in the real world, do you know why? Because there's a big banner hanging over the offices that reads "Is this good for the COMPANY?" It's the question that all employees should be asking themselves at all times.

Being able to engage in personal feedback that cultivates fruitful relationships with their reports that make them happier and more productive is a nice-to-have. But ultimately a manager's responsibility is to the business, not their reports -- and sometimes what they need to do is implement whatever measures of process, control, or guidance the business demands and just cull the ones who don't get on board.