P_073.doc

HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

                  Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex


                     HCO POLICY LETTER OF 11 APRIL 1961


CenOCon




                            HOW TO DO A STAFF JOB





    If you want a higher level of dissemination and a higher unit or salary,
the way to
obtain them is simple.

    1. Do your own job.

    2. Insist that the other staff member do his-but don't do it for him  or
    her.

    Example of error: HCO Sec is so busy being D of P or D of T, no hats  or
tech
bulletins get checked. Result: randomity. Assn Sec is so busy being  Dir  of
Accounts,
no executive supervision and assistance occurs. D of P does so  much  Admin,
no
technical results happen. Etc., etc.

    You can wear several hats. The point is, do them, not other hats.

    Every time you do the other fellow's job for him or her, you cover up a
camouflaged hole. People who are camouflaged holes  make  Dev  T.  The  next
thing you
know you are protecting the ineffective, have a large number  on  staff  and
get no work
done and get no unit.

    Let the ineffective either sink or get audited. Don't protect them.

    Do your own jobs.

    Refuse to do the other fellow's.

    Make ineffective staff members look like  ineffectives  by  leaving  the
hole open,
not hidden.

    Don't hide bad work from executives. Your game is  not  to  protect  the
goofballs
but to get a show on the road.

    So please do your own job and do it well.

    Even if an executive asks you to  do  somebody  else's  job-don't.  Say,
instead,
"Am I transferred?" If the answer is no, tell him to  get  lost.  I'll  back
you up.

    Do your own jobs. What are they?

    And you'll see-you'll have wider dissemination and higher income.

    Every hour you spend off post doing somebody else's job is an hour  lost
off your
lines. They  catch  up  with  you.  Only  then  could  you  become  frantic,
overworked,
dispersed.

    So please. Do your own job and let the other fellow reap  the  hurricane
if he
doesn't do his.

    I do my own job. I have pretty exact hats. They are Research, Writing,
Dissemination, Goals, Justice and  higher  level  personnel.  Every  time  a
staff member
goofs, it tends to roll on up and knock my hats sideways.

    So please handle your own job. That way the world will  prosper  and  so
will we.






                                               L. RON HUBBARD

LRH:ph.rd
Copyright © 1961
by L. Ron Hubbard
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED