My employees ruined me ....
Does anyone really believe that? I guess if you record ALL of one's employees every day of the week for years, via Audio AND Video, and goad them into saying smack about others, you're bound to get a good sound bite or two. It's easier to play the drama game every day vs run a tight ship and create a successful business.
Apparently it hasn't dawned on a few sheep that to run a business, you actually have to ... RUN it? They don't grasp that going out of the country 1-2 months EVERY year to fuck off isn't normally part of running a successful business. Create a charity and spend too much of your time / efforts attempting to run it with little to show for it: recipe for disaster. Or try to manage a business when one isn't qualified to do so. Thanks to the fact that it got funding from elsewhere to keep the lights on, it scraped by for a few extra years? Then, when it's run into the ground from making bad decisions, zero leadership and bad management; they point the fingers elsewhere.
Anyone done the math on how many sales and service folks that were hired/fired/quit over 7 years or so said business had it's doors open? Anyone wonder how they kept the doors open during the first several years when others were falling by the wayside due to a national recession? Anyone wonder what the problem child was doing with all their free time hidden back in the office? Wonder why that problem child was begging for loans from customers to generate needed revenue? Nah.. just blame the employees.
I've been in the Sales world for the last few decades. If folks aren't getting the job done, fire them. Simple. Get the right people and pay them accordingly. Simple But, in many cases the owner/manager isn't capable of the job themselves, which seems to have been the case in this instance. And that, is a recipe for disaster. I can't help but think, this business was in the red for over 7 years. But, blame an employee or two; yep, must have been their fault. I'm sure the multi-million dollar expansion was pure genius, as it was all going down the tubes. Brilliant! (psst.. that was sarcasm)
October 2017: The true owner kicked the problem child to the curb and cut off the purse strings. Then 18 of 19 employees walk out . Yep, that all will put a place out of business. Well, it did. So, there you have it. What really Happened? See how much time I saved everyone?
Example #1: https://www.inc.com/gordon-tredgold/bad-leaders-focus-on-blame-not-solutions.html
Example #2: https://www.inc.com/ron-gibori/great-leaders-take-blame-pass-along-credit.html
Example #3: https://leadx.org/articles/best-leaders-take-blame/
Example #4: http://unapologeticcapitalist.com/good-leaders-take-responsibility/
Guessing this concept is too difficult for the sheep to understand. BTW, if one doesn't think they are a Sheep, then quick acting like one
Apparently it hasn't dawned on a few sheep that to run a business, you actually have to ... RUN it? They don't grasp that going out of the country 1-2 months EVERY year to fuck off isn't normally part of running a successful business. Create a charity and spend too much of your time / efforts attempting to run it with little to show for it: recipe for disaster. Or try to manage a business when one isn't qualified to do so. Thanks to the fact that it got funding from elsewhere to keep the lights on, it scraped by for a few extra years? Then, when it's run into the ground from making bad decisions, zero leadership and bad management; they point the fingers elsewhere.
Anyone done the math on how many sales and service folks that were hired/fired/quit over 7 years or so said business had it's doors open? Anyone wonder how they kept the doors open during the first several years when others were falling by the wayside due to a national recession? Anyone wonder what the problem child was doing with all their free time hidden back in the office? Wonder why that problem child was begging for loans from customers to generate needed revenue? Nah.. just blame the employees.
I've been in the Sales world for the last few decades. If folks aren't getting the job done, fire them. Simple. Get the right people and pay them accordingly. Simple But, in many cases the owner/manager isn't capable of the job themselves, which seems to have been the case in this instance. And that, is a recipe for disaster. I can't help but think, this business was in the red for over 7 years. But, blame an employee or two; yep, must have been their fault. I'm sure the multi-million dollar expansion was pure genius, as it was all going down the tubes. Brilliant! (psst.. that was sarcasm)
October 2017: The true owner kicked the problem child to the curb and cut off the purse strings. Then 18 of 19 employees walk out . Yep, that all will put a place out of business. Well, it did. So, there you have it. What really Happened? See how much time I saved everyone?
Example #1: https://www.inc.com/gordon-tredgold/bad-leaders-focus-on-blame-not-solutions.html
Example #2: https://www.inc.com/ron-gibori/great-leaders-take-blame-pass-along-credit.html
Example #3: https://leadx.org/articles/best-leaders-take-blame/
Example #4: http://unapologeticcapitalist.com/good-leaders-take-responsibility/
Guessing this concept is too difficult for the sheep to understand. BTW, if one doesn't think they are a Sheep, then quick acting like one
Comments
Thanks for your very accurate synopsis. I think you hit the nail dead and square right on the head!