"When workers are on site, particularly in an open plan office, the boss's brain receives reminders every hour of every day that he is wielding power over under

"When workers are on site, particularly in an open plan office, the boss's brain receives reminders every hour of every day that he is wielding power over underlings." Teaching: you have to trust people. You can't be the 'pit boss'. Might be why I stayed in teaching I suppose - management has to support performance, not wield power.