Like they say charity begins at home. And Samuel Zell, the real estate biggie, seems to be a keen follower of the adage. His latest effort is to bring a substantial change in the culture of his newest acquisition and first media company, The Tribune. Remember that lovely document that is actually every worker’s bible…the employee manual? Well, the Tribune CEO for interactive and broadcasting Randy Michaels was tapped by Zell to rewrite the company’s employee manual.
The Los Angeles Times (a Tribune publication) reports that the document has shrunk from 11,519 words to 3,663 words and is nothing like the incomprehensible document that it used to be. The lawyered gobbledygook has been modified to make it more reader friendly. Please read through the opening of the manual, which goes as follows:
Rule number 1: Use your best judgment.
Rule number 2: See Rule 1.
No doubt Zell is using his cutting edge thinking to redo the company fundamentals. And if the employees would also do the same, Tribune land will be a great place work wise producing great results.
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