It drove me crazy in my last corporate gig. Almost all of us managers were clearly ADHD, along with the CEO. Their CFO (sibling) was so firmly fixed in the normie realm that he hated meetings with their Brother (CEO) and all of us managers. He did keep most of the teams from running with poorly through out ideas. Though our teams were always excited because almost all of the the managers were filled with high energy & accepted new ideas as real potentials for growth & productivity. Many of the ideas were reasoned out withing two to three days, though I haven't worked anywhere that employees felt so valued for their opinions. Unfortunately there were some issues with upper level managers feeling like the rest of us threatened their position & almost all of us left within 6 year of the first taking off. Sadly the company went under after that. My former team told me they all left because it wasn't fun after I left & that the new boss only cared about numbers.
It amazed me how much more the younger millenials (toward the end of that generation) were in some form of a chicken little mindset, or worried about what others thought vs the guys my age & older who didn't care about potential problems so much as long as the work got done.
My place used a blue envelope for your check. They didn’t want Excellence they wanted mediocrity- so I started working for the blue envelope. Todays corporate is so sad
When I finally left, they were offering managers double to triple their salary to stay on because everyone was bouncing to work as leadership for competitors that were popping up and paying way more.
It sucks when you work for a company that doesn't look for excellence. Granted when economies are down, it is hard to take risks on growth. Knowing the economy will eventually rebound, many owners just ride out the bad times & do their best to keep afloat until they can give better incentives for chance.
That said, too many get afraid & don't find ways to appreciate their best employees for little to no added monetary cost during those hard time. If they would, it helps with the morale & loyalty.
It drove me crazy in my last corporate gig. Almost all of us managers were clearly ADHD, along with the CEO. Their CFO (sibling) was so firmly fixed in the normie realm that he hated meetings with their Brother (CEO) and all of us managers. He did keep most of the teams from running with poorly through out ideas. Though our teams were always excited because almost all of the the managers were filled with high energy & accepted new ideas as real potentials for growth & productivity. Many of the ideas were reasoned out withing two to three days, though I haven't worked anywhere that employees felt so valued for their opinions. Unfortunately there were some issues with upper level managers feeling like the rest of us threatened their position & almost all of us left within 6 year of the first taking off. Sadly the company went under after that. My former team told me they all left because it wasn't fun after I left & that the new boss only cared about numbers.
It amazed me how much more the younger millenials (toward the end of that generation) were in some form of a chicken little mindset, or worried about what others thought vs the guys my age & older who didn't care about potential problems so much as long as the work got done.
My place used a blue envelope for your check. They didn’t want Excellence they wanted mediocrity- so I started working for the blue envelope. Todays corporate is so sad
When I finally left, they were offering managers double to triple their salary to stay on because everyone was bouncing to work as leadership for competitors that were popping up and paying way more.
It sucks when you work for a company that doesn't look for excellence. Granted when economies are down, it is hard to take risks on growth. Knowing the economy will eventually rebound, many owners just ride out the bad times & do their best to keep afloat until they can give better incentives for chance.
That said, too many get afraid & don't find ways to appreciate their best employees for little to no added monetary cost during those hard time. If they would, it helps with the morale & loyalty.