The other stuff taken in hand.

It came to me the other evening that if I am paid £75 after taxes to be department head, and if I cost the value of my time at a minimum of £20 per hour, I should only be working for just under 4 hours per month. I've decided to throw in a little time for free and I will work 4 hours a month. That works out to one hour per week. I've already gone beyond the hour this week but I did just make the decision. I have also decided that I will not attend meetings that I am not directly involved with. The participants can send me minutes if they think that it's that important for me to know (though probably I will trash them). I am also going to encourage people to take responsibility for various aspects of their own work lives. When they ask me to decide about something, I'm going to say, "I think you can make that decision."