Baseball is one thing, management is another
Now that baseball season is here, it is fun to look at the teams and try to assess their talent levels and figure out where they will finish at the end of the season. Which team has what star, and will they lead their team to victory or a championship? Sometimes though, the talent level can only take you so far. Let’s face it, one team can have all the talent in the world, but if it has poor management, the team falls apart.
What does this have to do with automation? Well, take a look around you, and see where your company stacks up against the others. Surely your company has good people putting out quality product. But we all know that is not a measure of success. Do the people that ultimately control your employment stay secluded in their offices making decisions in a vacuum, or are they out there with the rank and file listening and interacting or with customers getting a true feel for the industry and what direction the company should be headed?
Look at Ford and General Motors, two huge conglomerates that have let the competition eat their lunch.
The two U.S.-based auto giants are now making moves that may lead them back to the promise land of profitability and prosperity. In a reaction to losing $10.6 billion last year, GM’s board decided their chief executive has done such a good job during his tenure, they gave him a strong vote of confidence. He has the right plan moving forward, the board said. That plan includes firing over 30,000 workers and closing plants over the country.
GM and Ford cars are distinguished vehicles, but are they the top selling cars in the country? The surveys usually come back with Toyota and Honda. Why is that? Have years of poor management and having a reputation for poorly built cars help wipe out these once proud giants?
Ford and GM will come back if they stay on top of the trends and get out and listen to new and innovative ideas.
Those are two drastic cases of management seemingly out of touch with the mainstream. How does your company stack up? Talk to me.
What does this have to do with automation? Well, take a look around you, and see where your company stacks up against the others. Surely your company has good people putting out quality product. But we all know that is not a measure of success. Do the people that ultimately control your employment stay secluded in their offices making decisions in a vacuum, or are they out there with the rank and file listening and interacting or with customers getting a true feel for the industry and what direction the company should be headed?
Look at Ford and General Motors, two huge conglomerates that have let the competition eat their lunch.
The two U.S.-based auto giants are now making moves that may lead them back to the promise land of profitability and prosperity. In a reaction to losing $10.6 billion last year, GM’s board decided their chief executive has done such a good job during his tenure, they gave him a strong vote of confidence. He has the right plan moving forward, the board said. That plan includes firing over 30,000 workers and closing plants over the country.
GM and Ford cars are distinguished vehicles, but are they the top selling cars in the country? The surveys usually come back with Toyota and Honda. Why is that? Have years of poor management and having a reputation for poorly built cars help wipe out these once proud giants?
Ford and GM will come back if they stay on top of the trends and get out and listen to new and innovative ideas.
Those are two drastic cases of management seemingly out of touch with the mainstream. How does your company stack up? Talk to me.
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