Golden Oldies: Ducks in a Row: the Reality of Culture
by Miki SaxonPoking through 11+ years of posts I find information that’s as useful now as when it was written.
Golden Oldies is a collection of the most relevant and timeless posts during that time.
Danial Adkinson was lucky. His first boss was a true role model and taught him one of the most important lessons anyone ever learns. He was especially lucky, because he learned it at a very young age and apparently pretty smart, because it stayed with him.
Read other Golden Oldies here.
Washing dishes for Jeff was grueling, greasy work. But then again, making a pizza, or driving a truck, or baking a cake, or any of countless other jobs are not always enjoyable in themselves, either. Out of all the lessons I learned from that guy in the Pizza Hut tie, maybe the biggest is that any job can be the best job if you have the right boss. — Danial Adkison
People work for people, not companies.
People quit people, not companies.
They accept positions because of the culture and leave when it changes.
Bosses interpret company culture; they improve or pervert it; they add/subtract/polish/tarnish it.
What bosses don’t do is pass it on intact and untouched.
Flickr image credit: Susanne Nilsson