Maybe our leadership issues, which manifest in frequently rescheduled meetings, lack of active planning and directions (or notifying staff of company directions in terms that they can act upon), are a result of people becoming responsible for running the business with no prior experience. Leading a company is different to being a manager - some of us have been managers, none of us leaders before.
I once remarked to our former general manager "this company is run by a nice bunch of geeks who have no idea how to run a company". His response "Yes, that's why I have just resigned." He had tried several ways of starting change, with the most simple being use of a project tracking system, but was frustrated by the seeming lack of commitment to planning for company growth and for strategies to achieve this.
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