A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He went down a little further and shouted: “Excuse me, can you help me?” I promised an associate I'd meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am. The woman below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering about 30 feet above the ground." You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude. "'You must be an engineer,' said the balloonist. 'I am,' replied the woman, 'How did you know that?' 'Well,' said the balloonist, 'all you have for me said is technically correct, but I don't know what to make of your information, and the thing is, I'm still lost. Honestly, you haven't been much help to me. On the contrary, you delayed my trip. “The woman below replied: “You must be in management. “Yes,” replied the balloonist, “but how do you know?” "Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You got where you are by a lot of wind. You made a promise that you don't know how to keep, and you expect people below you to solve your problems. The fact is that you are in the exact same situation as before we met, but now, one way or another, it is. my fault. » Source: (Management Humor) Do managers really not know where they are going, or is the world changing so quickly that it is difficult for managers to keep up and be as efficient and effective? effective than before? Although the hot air balloon incident is a strongly worded, politically incorrect joke from a random website, it contains a compelling message and makes managers seem stereotyped in the dynamic business environment "There are too many people who have been there for too long and we need new direction from the outside." These are the words spoken by Eric Jackson of Ironfire Capital at Yahoo's annual meeting on August 1, 2008 (No fireworks at Yahoo meeting). regard of highly talented people such as Jerry Yang, co-founder and CEO of Yahoo Globalization and rapid evolution of technology have made the job of a manager extremely difficult. It's not easy to be a manager today. There's a lot to do, a lot to understand, a lot to learn, and it doesn't seem to get any easier..