Organizational rigidities where one voice rules become tremendous impediments to growth.
I really detest hierarchal management types. Where employees are treated as expendable; a means to an end. They prohibit the growth of an organization more than its competitors. We've learned in the past two years of business heads who seemed to have all the right moves. Market share is up and customers appear to salivate for their products albeit temporarily. We learn today many of those companies are having anemic shareholder returns. One may say this is the result of an economy convulsing. I say not. With all of our management meetings and wonderful communication devices at our core the central problem in every organization is communication. Not talking. There's certainly plenty of that.
The myriad advantages of interactive leadership are well stated by Tom Peter's in the video below. No one says it better.
How people are treated especially in times of stress is a powerful predictor of success during times of plenty. One of the problems in waiting for the economy to loosen before doing the right things if you will is the management style of perpetual victimization. Nothing is our
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