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When the going gets tough
Unfortunately, few top executives live by the maxim,
“When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.” They
have their own version of this old maxim. It goes like
this: “When the going gets tough, find someone else to
go.”
After a
few handy folks have been sacrificed trying to turn
things around, the next round of management tells the
board that the market is flat. They can’t expect a
return to the glory days of yesteryear because the
market has changed. The seeds are thus sown for a
corporate move to the other side of the fence.
Bubuwit
stumbled over the weekend on a huge number of San Miguel
corporate affairs of communications old-timers who were
given early retirement by the management. The retirees
are not talking, though. They just threw it up in the
air and left.
When
personal agenda gets in the way
Some
managers make decisions on the basis of, first, their
impact on the decision-maker’s career and, second, their
impact on the competition or the enemy.
Bubuwit
squeaks that a junior executive in the industry often
puts his/her career in jeopardy in order to exploit
his/her highly successful tactics. This person,
according to Bubuwit, lets his/her personal agendas to
keep him/her from making bold moves.
Many
junior executives let their personal agendas dictate
“safe” decisions so as not to disrupt their progress up
the corporate ladder. According to Bubuwit, buried deep
in this person’s culture is the philosophy that nothing
is going to be approved unless he/she “champions” the
project.
Although
this person’s champion system works, it’s not
necessarily the best way. If a company is going to
operate the ideal way, it will take teamwork, esprit de
corps and a self-sacrificing leader. Not for
selfishness, Bubuwit says.
It
figures, Bubuwit adds, this person calls the shots.
Management says Amen. Goodness gracious. |
