Posted by
Red Meat & Cigarettes on Friday, November 06, 2009 8:51:19 PM
A charismatic man was hired by a good company with serious problems. He
promised them he had the solutions. After a year's time and all the
money anyone could dream of...somehow the problems got worse, as did
the companies bottom line. He constantly reminded his bosses that he
inherited the problems, so they continued to cut him a break.
After some time, they decided to research his work history and
found something shocking. He had never solved any problems before and
had no experience in business. In fact his history showed hostility
toward profit and performance based pay. This puzzled his bosses, so
they decided to ask him a few simple questions.
They asked him, why did you apply for this job if you don't agree
with our mission statement ? He calmly and confidently replied, Your
company has been imperfect..... Your mission statement is flawed, you
make too much money and there are other companies out there that aren't
doing as well.
The bosses asked, When were you going to tell us what you were up
to. The man replied, Couldn't you tell, when I went to other
companies and insulted you? how about when I apologized for your
success, Increased company debt, demonized you as a meddler &
polluter? what about when I gave big raises to loafers? insulted, then
reduced your security staff, increased operating costs, ignored customer
complaints, removed the cash registers and hired a staff who agreed
with all of that. and beside that ....you never asked!
The moral of the story is ...Never embrace intelligence while ignoring motive.
Note: This is an analogy, any similarities to real persons or situation is completely coincidental.