Showing posts with label company culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label company culture. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

If we stay together, we survive; apart we fall.



Pandora current song: California, by Phantom Planet

This has either been a very common motto for many companies or hidden in a purpose. Leadership coincides with many different aspects of life. The organizational and succession side of leadership has become very important and will continue in the future. “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing” (Albert Einstein). For those who do nothing, their companies, either large or small, will fail. There are many strategies for preventing this from happening including organization and succession techniques.

Since the world we live in is ever-changing and rapidly continues to advance, leaders need to be constantly rethinking what they do, what their purpose is, and best define goals and objectives. Goals are the core to any business or franchise. Without them, there is no basis for people to work off of. Behaviors come next followed by artifacts and symbols. The organizational handout explains that shared basic assumptions that a group learned as it solved its problems and have worked well together, need to teach new members the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems, or even successes in other cases.

One of Life’s Tough Adventures



Pandora current song: Fat Bottomed Girls, by Queen

Communication. Some people are really good at expressing their feelings and others aren’t. Some people aren’t afraid to tell you wants on their mind, while others hold it in. Some people have a few ticks up their sleeve to mask their fright of communicating issues, while others overcompensate.

This is something I'm still learning too. I usually try to make everyone else happy by steering clear of confrontation. This blew up in my face two summers ago when I was working for someone I used to trust and appreciate. She could be one of the top 10 best manipulators in the world, and she knew it.