nored and sustained - your job is to make your boss look good
8. The higher you get in the hierarchy, the more you delegate and supervise and the less work that you actually do
9. The point of all this is to keep climbing up the corporate ladder - always reach foI believe that most organizations are miserable places to work. They are Corporate Cubeworlds. And no one is to blame. Companies have inherited their corporate culture from the Industrial Age and it just don't work anymore. People are unhappy and Corporate Cubeworlds are much less profitable than they could be.

Before I go further, let me identify what I mean by the Corporate Cubeworld.

Key Attributes of the Corporate Cubeworld:

1. Work is a worker's primary responsibility in life and comes above family and personal concerns (even health)
2. If a woman takes time off to raise children, she becomes less valued and is deemed to be less committed to the company
3. Long hours and lots of face time are required
4. Your title on your business card is your identity
5. Hard, diligent work is not enough - you must do lots of self-promotion and gain the support of powerful players to advance in the Cubeworld
6. Your chances of success are greatly increased if you look, act, and think like the leaders of the company
7. Hierarchy is to be honored and sustained - your job is to make your boss look good
8. The higher you get in the hierarchy, the more you delegate and supervise and the less work that you actually do
9. The point of all this is to keep climbing up the corporate ladder - always reach for

uch less profitable than they could be.

Before I go further, let me identify what I mean by the Corporate Cubeworld.

Key Attributes of the Corporate Cubeworld:

1. Work is a worker's primary responsibility in life and comes above family and personal concerns (even health)
2. If a woman takes time off to raise children, she becomes less valued and is deemed to be less committed to the company
3. Long hours and lots of face time are required
4. Your title on your business card is your identity
5. Hard, diligent work is not enough - you must do lots of self-promotion and gain the support of powerful players to advance in the Cubeworld
6. Your chances of success are greatly increased if you look, act, and think like the leaders of the company
7. Hierarchy is to be honored and sustained - your job is to make your boss look good
8. The higher you get in the hierarchy, the more you delegate and supervise and the less work that you actually do
9. The point of all this is to keep climbing up the corporate ladder - always reach fo

ns (even health)
2. If a woman takes time off to raise children, she becomes less valued and is deemed to be less committed to the company
3. Long hours and lots of face time are required
4. Your title on your business card is your identity
5. Hard, diligent work is not enough - you must do lots of self-promotion and gain the support of powerful players to advance in the Cubeworld
6. Your chances of success are greatly increased if you look, act, and think like the leaders of the company
7. Hierarchy is to be honored and sustained - your job is to make your boss look good
8. The higher you get in the hierarchy, the more you delegate and supervise and the less work that you actually do
9. The point of all this is to keep climbing up the corporate ladder - always reach fogent work is not enough - you must do lots of self-promotion and gain the support of powerful players to advance in the Cubeworld
6. Your chances of success are greatly increased if you look, act, and think like the leaders of the company
7. Hierarchy is to be honored and sustained - your job is to make your boss look good
8. The higher you get in the hierarchy, the more you delegate and supervise and the less work that you actually do
9. The point of all this is to keep climbing up the corporate ladder - always reach fonored and sustained - your job is to make your boss look good
8. The higher you get in the hierarchy, the more you delegate and supervise and the less work that you actually do
9. The point of all this is to keep climbing up the corporate ladder - always reach for more - compete ferociously in this win-lose game
10. Wear your cubeface - don't show human emotion, passion, or weakness

The Conference Board released a report on February 28, 2005 stating that "Americans are increasingly unhappy with their jobs. The decline in job satisfaction is widespread among workers of all ages and across all income brackets." The report showed that:

* 25% of American workers are just "showing up to collect a paycheck" * 40% of workers feel disconnected from their employers * Two out of every three workers do not identify with or feel motivated to drive their employers' business goals and objectives.

They also found it that money cannot buy satisfaction. Job satisfaction has declined across all income levels and only 14% of workers earning $50,000 or more a "very satisfied" with their jobs. The report says that "Rapid technological changes, rising productivity demands and changing employee expectations have all contributed to the decline in job satisfaction."

My interpretation of this: the most corporate cultures are inher