You talk a good game, but i am watching how you play.
Each one of us, have met people, who believe their one chance to grow up the corporate ladder is by playing games, don't realise that one needs to be competent enough to not get caught while playing. But then many incumbent people seem to have joined the high ranks by playing these games through centuries.
Politics as the word goes is for those who believe in the false sense of power. These are the people who in their life time, can never take any risk, but hide their incompetence by wasting precious time and play these games to keep their positions.
Once i remember talking to my friend who heads a multi national, he said that fear, addiction and mindset are three pillars of stress for any CEO. We sit with a seat belt on. At that time i pondered on this conversation. Why would a CEO sit with a seat belt? Why will that person not take risks and form a great company?
After many years the answer came to me. In today's world we have many people under 40 heading companies and the way to work now is more about Respect and knowing your product and creating a healthy work relationship. One hires professionals who are most sought after in industry. They are paid good salaries and high incentives to get a job done. This maintains a healthy growth within an organisation and if one person leaves, there is no stress as the organisation is self sufficient.
No human is indispensable, companies run with or without you.
People who have crossed this age are stuck with what they have if they don't up their skills and knowledge. There are some great leaders who have always carried their teams and work with them. These are the untouchables and every body has huge respect for these leaders.
But then how do we tackle people who by playing games got their jobs and know they are worth nothing outside the job they have? What do these people do? No worth in market, no job which is available, no respect outside or within and no knowledge of the brand. This is a challenge many companies face. What do we do with this dead stock which creates a very negative and conducive environment for no professional to exist.
Some how i fail to understand how can great entrepreneurs or companies hire such people? And if a wrong hire has been done , then why are the measures not taken to rectify the mistake. Its a vicious circle as the incompetent would never hire professionals and by mistake if a professional gets hired in the company, that's when insecurities start rising of many.
Somehow these people who take pride in their stories and games fail to understand that " One loves listening to lies, when one knows the truth"
An intelligent person would excel by playing the game through work, not by accusations . But then if the person is intelligent, then that person does not need to play any games.
Those games are very different, they are on a very different level all together. Unfortunately the small gamers don't even know what these games are all about.
I chanced through this experience myself recently and was amused that, i was supposed to waste my time on lies and hearsay and try to give explanation. Its not the lies that bothered me. Its the insult to my intelligence that i found offensive.
Really, if i want to play mind games then i would buy a Rubik's cube.
Time is too precious to waste on frivolous things.
Each one of us, have met people, who believe their one chance to grow up the corporate ladder is by playing games, don't realise that one needs to be competent enough to not get caught while playing. But then many incumbent people seem to have joined the high ranks by playing these games through centuries.
Politics as the word goes is for those who believe in the false sense of power. These are the people who in their life time, can never take any risk, but hide their incompetence by wasting precious time and play these games to keep their positions.
Once i remember talking to my friend who heads a multi national, he said that fear, addiction and mindset are three pillars of stress for any CEO. We sit with a seat belt on. At that time i pondered on this conversation. Why would a CEO sit with a seat belt? Why will that person not take risks and form a great company?
After many years the answer came to me. In today's world we have many people under 40 heading companies and the way to work now is more about Respect and knowing your product and creating a healthy work relationship. One hires professionals who are most sought after in industry. They are paid good salaries and high incentives to get a job done. This maintains a healthy growth within an organisation and if one person leaves, there is no stress as the organisation is self sufficient.
No human is indispensable, companies run with or without you.
People who have crossed this age are stuck with what they have if they don't up their skills and knowledge. There are some great leaders who have always carried their teams and work with them. These are the untouchables and every body has huge respect for these leaders.
But then how do we tackle people who by playing games got their jobs and know they are worth nothing outside the job they have? What do these people do? No worth in market, no job which is available, no respect outside or within and no knowledge of the brand. This is a challenge many companies face. What do we do with this dead stock which creates a very negative and conducive environment for no professional to exist.
Some how i fail to understand how can great entrepreneurs or companies hire such people? And if a wrong hire has been done , then why are the measures not taken to rectify the mistake. Its a vicious circle as the incompetent would never hire professionals and by mistake if a professional gets hired in the company, that's when insecurities start rising of many.
Somehow these people who take pride in their stories and games fail to understand that " One loves listening to lies, when one knows the truth"
An intelligent person would excel by playing the game through work, not by accusations . But then if the person is intelligent, then that person does not need to play any games.
Those games are very different, they are on a very different level all together. Unfortunately the small gamers don't even know what these games are all about.
I chanced through this experience myself recently and was amused that, i was supposed to waste my time on lies and hearsay and try to give explanation. Its not the lies that bothered me. Its the insult to my intelligence that i found offensive.
Really, if i want to play mind games then i would buy a Rubik's cube.
Time is too precious to waste on frivolous things.
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