Change Management and Business Risk Taking
Often there are times in business when corporate managers and executives need a little shake up and that means to shed the dead weight that is not up to the performance standards that are required to run the company efficiently. When this happens it is of the utmost important to get rid of those executives or corporate managers who cannot cut the mustard.
If employees, executives or managers who are up to snuff, but perhaps not well liked are the ones that get the ax then this becomes a political event and other top-notch employees who are giving 110% in everything they do will stop taking risks because they are afraid they might be next to go. This causes increased primate politics and favoritism and only makes things worse.
Tags: executive management team, lance winslow, notch employees, primate politics, tank forumEconomic, Political And Corporate Manipulation
It seems that every day, the American public is being manipulated by someone or something. One day, one side or the other tries to manipulate us to their point of view, often by “spinning” information to put their view in its best light. About a year ago, a book was published that indicated that during the 2008 election campaign, both sides spent almost all their time discussing political “spinning,” while almost no time was spent discussing policy strategy. That would be upsetting if it was an isolated case – however, it seems almost epidemic in American politics for politicians to “always be running,” and they never seem to transform from politician to statesman.
Have you ever wondered that gas prices at the gas tank seem to go up as soon as oil futures group, but do not drop nearly as precipitously when oil futures drop? There was a time when oil and gas pricing was predominantly dictated by supply and demand. Today, it appears to predominantly impacted by whim and manipulation! I know it infuriates me when I drive past a gas station and the price is lower in the morning than it is in the afternoon, even though that station has not gotten a gasoline delivery during that period! To me, that is a combination of manipulation, greed and contempt for the consumer. Yet, our political leaders address the issue more with rhetoric, than with any real action. Alternative energy usage, including natural gas, clean coal, solar, wind, etc., should all be aggressively pursued if our political leaders wanted to impact that market, but instead they play the blame game! I guess, in all fairness, since the same leaders depend on taxing these commodities, they are unwilling to do “the right thing.”
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