Open Your Door
Published by Bob Prosen November 24th, 2006 in Leadership and Business Management.Do you know the critical path to getting things done?
Do you have an “open door” policy at your office?
Take this step today, open your door and leave it open all day. There’s no quicker way to lose touch with an organization than to close your door to write memos and send e-mail.
Trust is built one-on-one, eye-to-eye, not in electronic relationships.
I challenge you to open your door and write me about the results!
Employees come to work with an implicit trust that their managers are always working for the best interest of the company and its employees. That trust should not and cannot ever be taken for granted. Look what is happening today. It is no longer “What’s good for the company is good for the manager.” It has become “What’s good for the manager is good for the company.” Top executives have totally lost sight of this phenomenon and are allowing managers to run amok for their own personal agendas.
Several years ago I wrote a book on the subject of workplace culture and employee morale. It is as relevant today as it was then. Employee morale is directly linked to the interaction of employees with line managers who are charged with executing the policies and strategies of companies. Unfortunately, many of these managers subvert the good intentions of the organization to meet their own personal goals and agendas at the expense of their peers and subordinates. This management subculture is the result of a corporate culture of ignorance, indifference and excuse. Better corporate level leadership is the key. Read more in “160 Degrees of Deviation: The Case for the Corporate Cynic.”
Jerome Alexander