Ferguson was a far subtler man-manager than he is given credit for; he had a degree in people and empowered such a diverse range of characters in his 27 years at United.
These were some of the subtle changes Patrick McEnroe, general manager of player development for the United States Tennis Association, suggested Roddick needed to implement, effective immediately.
Bullying can be very subtle, for example a manager or colleague overloading you with tasks and that are not a part of your job description.
"So it's about making all managers aware of these subtle biases". That's on managers to fix.
"Subtle bullying" by hospital managers helped maintain Savile's extraordinary power and freedom at the hospital, Christine McFarlane, former director of nursing and patient care, told the BBC.
We would suggest starting with large labels on the front of the packages, because if the labels were small or on the backs of the packages, and there were no effect (a common outcome for subtle interventions), the store managers would be left to wonder whether consumers simply didn't notice the tags (the treatment wasn't large enough) or truly didn't care (there was no treatment effect).
This has led Tom Birmingham, the water district's general manager, to a subtle shift in his thinking.
Black cowboys who entered rodeos "would be discriminated against in ways that were supposed to be subtle", says Carolyn Carter, the general manager of the Bill Pickett rodeo.
Companies that market to gays online, or devote parts of their corporate Web sites to gays and lesbians, may also reap more subtle benefits, said Robert Williams, general manager for retail in Motorola's personal communications sector -- primarily, its cellphone business.
