Giving up is not an option

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Is giving up on your mission, vision an option?  

As you grow older,, sometimes you get exasperated.   You are tempted to give up.  But will that work.

Several years ago, an entrepreneur with 300 or so outlets quit and decided to give a hamburger type of outlets to his employees.  and decided to be an employee again as a sign of generosity and good will.

However did it work?  

It did not.  The 300 or so outlets failed in the absence of general management, supervision direction and system.   

Sometimes you need iron hand and determined leader to guide the team to victory.  Nothing short of that will work. 

How to handle unpleasant employees, staff

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While your primary goal as part of your mission is to provide jobs and employment, the actions and behavior of many do not show the gratitude for this kind of efforts:

     1.  Some steal;

     2.  Some are very selfish

     3.  Some can not understand;

     4.  Some do not obey your procedures

and is most true for those who are in officer position.

What needs to be done?

Will you leave a partner who has been most unpleasant to you?

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We have experienced a very difficult partner.  He took us to court, changed our agreement and got the deal changed favoring him.  He did not comply with his end,  so we would have reverted to the old contract as provided for.   

He got one of our employees to transfer to him and be the comptroller.  

Unfortunately for him, the little money he got was spent on his health concerns.  Lately it was for covid and he had to get a huge advance (it cost a lot to be with covid19)

There is now a new business opportunity and my board wants to leave him out.  But the contract provides that we have to have him for new business opportunities.

Will you?

Many workers are totally unprepared for this post pandemic scenario

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We tried to advertise using soc media.  Since many are in need of jobs, and many OFWs are coming home, and many companies are closing shops, we got a deluge of 500+ applications for about 5 openings.   It was a huge jobs answering the applications.

Some observations:

     1.  Many applicants did not understand what the job opening was and kept asking in their
           messages, what the  job was and the qualifications needed?   Not being taught i n colleges

    2.   Many did not have anything in their applications   education and work experience

    3.    Others did not even know what a CV is?

   4.    When asked to explain why they like to apply with our company, and explain how their skills
           match the vacancy, only 1 in 10 would comply with the request. 

What has the educational system done to prepare our students for livelihood?  What is the level of motivation of our workers to improve themselves?

Too much pride destroyeth man

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In this post pandemic era, people are out of jobs and many are applying to have a source of livelihoods.  Many are humble enough to recognize the truth and one applicant I saw, a former Regional Sales Manager was willing to be a driver messenger.

However I came across two applicants whose egos were were beyond their head.

One whose rank was VP,  lied to HR when he followed up that he was an applicant and was my business partner.  When this office again scheduled for a meeting via Meeting, he squirmed his way out by saying  he had no internet (a lie, how could he have sent his email application)

Another  a marketing man, did not want talk to our other (also in marketing)   He was highly critical of our hiring procedures, which focused on trying to find out how he would fit into our culture.   Our hiring procedures followed INC and HBR procedures.     No wonder he said he was no longer connected with a former employer because of intrigues and other professional jealousy.  In the industry where he figures out he is good he has been there for only 3 years.  We have there for the last 37 years.

Other executive applicants take time, in test of their obedience and management ability to mail in 3 answer to questions and again were critical of the company all ready due to numerous processes they are being subjected to.   They need the jobs.  They are the applicants.   May be that is the reason why they are experiencing difficulties...

Developers of men and projects

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In bike ride today, I just learned that a former staff at HR has risen to become a  VP of a car company (a Japanese venture)   It is a great pleasure to know that a protege has risen to such heights.

Congratulations.  It is a source of pride to know that our company has produced stars, albeit not under us.     We wish them more power and success