The Gutsball Blog
Organizing for Success
It’s been said that companies are perfectly designed to produce their results. And, you can apply that statement to both good and bad results. By the way, don’t limit your thinking solely to the bottom line because other numbers e.g. customer and employee satisfaction are equally important; there is strong evidence to support the notion that they are directly correlated, to profitability.
What kind of organization do you lead or work for? Are people organized for success or does your company adhere to the traditional (Read: Outdated) command and control structure? Can people, no matter how far away from the strategic management level, still recognize and are energized by the contributions they make to the business every day? Is there transparency? An articulated set of operating principles and, if so, are you true to them?
Leadership and the European Debt Crisis
As the debt crisis in Europe worsens, there are questions that must be asked: “Where was the leadership?” “Why was there no accountability?” “How could things have gotten this far?”
It’s too easy to say that the leadership of the several economically troubled countries are simply politicians whose only goal in life is to be re-elected, keep their party in power…in essence keep their jobs. After all, leaders of business have constituencies they are responsible to as well.
Perhaps it would be useful to examine some of the business leader’s key characteristics. Then, you can decide for yourself whether the heads of state for those countries in deep financial difficulty measure up.