Management and Leadership – Are You a Trend Setter or Follower? Be both.
I recently read an article published by the Society for Human Resource Management, in which several methods for improving a company’s training program were discussed, and I was astonished to see how many of those methods were already employed by my company. This led me to wonder if the folks in HR read the same article. Of course not, I thought. We are a company that leads the way. We set the trends… Right?
In the end, being the first to do something is not what’s most important. Doing what’s smart is!
Take the US Automotive Industry for example. Would Chrysler and General Motors have filed for bankruptcy had they followed the example of Toyota and Honda and built more fuel-efficient cars? A successful company encourages new ideas from within, but also adopts the best ideas and business practices from the corporate world at large. Very successful companies make those ideas and practices even better. (Look at what Apple did to the MP3 player!)
So keep your eyes, and your mind open. A good idea from inside your company, or from the outside, is still a good idea.
About the Author
Lucas D. Ives is a training consultant at Verizon Wireless and a StrategyDriven contributor. A dynamic facilitator, he excels at creating and delivering captivating training focused on the business professional. To read Lucas’s complete biography, click here.
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This post led be to become both trend setter and follower.Like Mr.Lucas D. Ives now I am thinking that how many of these methods were already employed by my company and how many of them are to be employed.The answer of that question yielded me a great result.