{"id":304,"date":"2015-02-03T05:35:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T05:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.officechai.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2020-05-19T23:02:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T17:32:48","slug":"mad-men-advertising-agencies-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/learn\/mad-men-advertising-agencies-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Lessons For Corporates To Do Things Differently From The Show Mad Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">AMC&#8217;s Mad Men just isn&#8217;t one of the greatest shows on TV for nothing. Set in a New York advertising agency at the start of 60s, <em>Mad Men <\/em>(Short for Madison Avenue &#8211; The iconic NY street that houses many ad agencies)<em>\u00a0<\/em>is populated by a disparate collection of executives, secretaries, typists and mothers and their lives and workplace dynamics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">And while the series deals with its share of evils of the times like infidelity, alcoholism, corporate politics etc. here are the most important positive lessons from the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b><b>1. <\/b><\/b><b><b>Y<\/b><\/b><b>our co-founder and boss can be whacky, and yet inspiring.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">Even in his deep 60s, Roger Sterling could give the snappiest yippie types a run for their pocket money with his dapper looks and spunk. Who even in his half-inebriated insouciance could whip up one liners wittier and faster than Seinfeld. Now he\u2019s a guy we\u2019d love to have for a grandpa, or in case of Roger Sterling, a sugar daddy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">Get a sample of some his genius:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><i>&#8220;Maybe every generation thinks the next one is the end of it all. Bet there are people in the Bible walking around, complaining about kids today.&#8221; (S1, E4)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><i>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad everybody can make it sound like they&#8217;re working so hard.&#8221; (S1, E5)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><i>&#8220;When a man gets to a point in his life when his name\u2019s on the building, he can get an unnatural sense of entitlement.&#8221; (S1, E7)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Roger-Sterling-Swag.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Roger-Sterling-Swag.gif?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"Roger Sterling Swag\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b><b>2. It\u2019s possible to go against the odds.<\/b><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">Peggy Olson battles against the gender stereotypes of the 60s, ultimately rising from the socially acceptable post of secretary to the rather less usual position of copywriter and kicks some serious ass in the agency. And this is when you know she&#8217;s not about to take bullshit from anyone. Including her boss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><em><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0805476\/\">Roger Sterling<\/a>: Get me some coffee, will you? <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"> <em><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005253\/\">Peggy Olson<\/a>: No. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Peggy-Olsen-gif.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-317 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Peggy-Olsen-gif.gif?resize=570%2C285\" alt=\"Peggy Olsen gif\" width=\"570\" height=\"285\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 570px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 570\/285;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>3. \u00a0You can have a sense of humour at work\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">No matter how grim the situation is, how much money is at stake or who the stakeholder is, you can lighten up the situation with a sense of humour. Not only can you deal with it better, but earn a friend or a client with the funnies. Here&#8217;s a few gems by Roger Sterling, of course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;I told him to be himself. That was pretty mean, I guess.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;She died like she lived: surrounded by the people she answered phones for.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mad-Men-sense-of-humour.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mad-Men-sense-of-humour.gif?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"Mad Men sense of humour\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/360;\" \/><\/a> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>4. Family troubles? Drink. Stressed? Drink. Entertaining clients. Drink.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">Probably acceptable in the 60\u2019s, but the amount of drinking not only permissible, but heavily encouraged in the Mad Men office makes you want to come to work, and never need to hit a pub ever after.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Drinking.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Drinking.gif?resize=640%2C400\" alt=\"Drinking\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/400;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>5. Your office manager can be a seductive but confident woman<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">Joan Harris is Sterling Cooper&#8217;s office manager, whose Marilyn Monroe-esque appearance belies a character of genuine strength and intelligence. Her hold on everything going on at office, with the grace and charm that only she could pull off, makes you want to be ordered around by her. And this was one of the most important life advices she gave to Peggy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;You want to be taken seriously. Stop dressing like a little girl.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Joanne-Harris-Gif.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-318 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Joanne-Harris-Gif.gif?resize=377%2C377\" alt=\"Joanne Harris Gif\" width=\"377\" height=\"377\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 377px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 377\/377;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>6. There\u2019s no beating around the bush<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">If you think a copy is crappy, you shoot your mouth off. There\u2019s no formalities, no jargon that reeks of an MBA throwback and no unnecessary kowtowing to your seniors. You can tell your boss his strategy sucks, if it does.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mad-Men-bring-direct1.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-319 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mad-Men-bring-direct1.gif?resize=500%2C260\" alt=\"Mad Men bring direct\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/260;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>7. Your team is like your family.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">They\u2019re with you in moments happy and sad. A pregnancy of a wife of a colleague or a death of one, is celebrated and mourned just like a family member\u2019s. When your boss reaches out to you in moments of your despair, and never once says a word about it, even to you, you know you\u2019ve hit a personal gold in a professional mayhem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><strong><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Roger-Sterling-Mad-men1.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-321 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Roger-Sterling-Mad-men1.gif?resize=500%2C265\" alt=\"Roger Sterling Mad men\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/265;\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>8. The client really want you to research and have fun while at it<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">When your client wants you to review a hotel in Hawaii they send you to live in that hotel in Hawaii. Take that, 150 word briefs, companies of today\u2019s world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mad-men-Hawaii-gif1.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-426 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mad-men-Hawaii-gif1.gif?resize=638%2C359\" alt=\"Mad men Hawaii gif\" width=\"638\" height=\"359\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 638px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 638\/359;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>9. You can get a drink with your office buddies after a hard day at work<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">Your colleagues could be your best buddies after-hours. You could catch a drink at a pub and discuss a strategy for tomorrow\u2019s meeting or soothe the broken heart of a colleague, but it\u2019s always fun and reassuring that office relationships don\u2019t end once you walk out of that door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><strong><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/drinking-after-work.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-322 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/drinking-after-work.gif?resize=449%2C299\" alt=\"drinking after work\" width=\"449\" height=\"299\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 449px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 449\/299;\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>10. When you do well at your job, you are rewarded and well.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">Don moved on to be a partner. Pete became a partner. Joanne became a partner. If you do well, you go up the ranks. Hard work, and most importantly results matter, not the behind-the-doors relationships or social obligations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><strong><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JOanna-harris.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-323 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/JOanna-harris.gif?resize=500%2C229\" alt=\"JOanna harris\" width=\"500\" height=\"229\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/229;\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>11. Office Parties look like this. Enough said.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mad-Men-Office-Party.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-308 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mad-Men-Office-Party.gif?resize=538%2C304\" alt=\"Mad Men Office Party\" width=\"538\" height=\"304\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 538px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 538\/304;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>12. You\u2019re inspired by genius all around.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">A random example, consider the moment in the last episode of season one, in which Don Draper is given the task of re-branding a rotating slide holder, which his client, Kodak, had unimaginatively christened \u2018The Wheel&#8217;. In the presentation meeting, Draper flips through a series of slides of his family, while delivering the following monologue:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn&#8217;t a spaceship, it&#8217;s a time machine. It goes backwards and forwards&#8230; it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It&#8217;s not called the Wheel, it&#8217;s called the Carousel. It lets us travel the way a child travels &#8211; around and around, and back home again, to a place where we know we are loved.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Slow-Clap.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-324 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Slow-Clap.gif?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"Slow Clap\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/281;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>13. Letting employees be can be rewarding<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">Inspiration doesn&#8217;t always come from boring seminars or lectures by the experienced guys. You don&#8217;t always have to attend a powerpoint presentation to learn a new skill. Just let your employee be within reasonable realm of law and order to explore their creative side. Let their own apple fall on their head.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Smoking-pot.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-328 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Smoking-pot.gif?resize=640%2C310\" alt=\"Smoking pot At work\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/310;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\"><b>And finally, you get to be in close quarters with THAT.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">Don&#8217;s alpha-male status and apparently unshakeable self-confidence make him a force to be reckoned with in the corporate environment, and in most instances he&#8217;s the character responsible for thinking up and selling big ideas to his blue chip clients. He\u2019s reticent, suave and just the right bit proud of his stature. He\u2019s half the reason you come to work, and what he inspires in you is the other half.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Don-Draper-Genius.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-325 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Don-Draper-Genius.gif?resize=500%2C282\" alt=\"Don Draper Genius\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/282;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>And this is one sample of his genius.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>Roy: So, what do you do, Don?\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>Don: I blow up bridges.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>Midge Daniels: Don\u2019s in advertising.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>Roy: No way. Madison Avenue? What a gas!\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>Midge Daniels: We all have to serve somebody.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>Roy: Perpetuating the lie. How do you sleep at night?\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>Don: On a bed made of money.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Geneva; color: #000000;\">For more lessons, and &#8220;wish you worked during the times of Mad Men&#8221; moments, go watch the show. Most importantly have your boss watch it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMC&#8217;s Mad Men just isn&#8217;t one of the greatest shows on TV for nothing. 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