"Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work; its progress stops."
Thomas J. Watson, Senior
First President IBM
First President IBM
Actually, once anything loses its spirit of pioneering and certainly if it attempts to live off past accomplishments, that's it. Game, set, match.
Most would agree that pertains to products but what about people?
Can a manager who has been successful in the past, continue to be so doing what they always done, in the same way?
Most would agree that pertains to products but what about people?
Can a manager who has been successful in the past, continue to be so doing what they always done, in the same way?
No
ReplyDeleteEveryone and everything changes even when they/it don't know that they do, which, unfortunately, is the case for a lot of managers.
It is logical to think that every one and every thing changes and as a result, so too should managers; however in many instances, companies hire someone because of how they have done things as opposed to how they will.
ReplyDeleteJust to let you know, I love this blog; keep it up.
Good point Lenore. Companies do hire people who have been great managers elsewhere hoping they can work their magic in the new company. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
ReplyDeleteIn my experience when it doesn't it is often because the new culture is not like the one he/she left. So the same approach will not work.
They need to evolve.
And I would argue they need to evolve even if they stay where they have been successful.
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