You Can't Fire Me, I'm Your Father
Language: English
Pages: 270
ISBN: 0938721747
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
When family and business meet, the result can be great reward and satisfaction or great tension and even greater heartache.
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the best teachers there is anywhere—because the business world does not use it nearly enough. Typically, businesses practice the “sink or swim,” “trial by fire,” “school of hard knocks” approach to grooming their employees: “There’s your desk; we use Windows 95; there’s a file for phone numbers; good luck.” Or, “Here’s your forklift truck; pick up the keys from the foreman every morning; we don’t want damaged product, so cool it on the corners; now get going.” To foster the Following this
require several things of her. She would have to seek leadership training and peer-leadership mentoring from outside the company, especially by joining organizations dedicat- | 50 The Family at Work ed to nurturing young leaders. She would be required to lead the company in its annual efforts to establish goals for the next year—goals for the company as a whole, and for each division, each department and all key personnel. Her leadership in goal setting would always be accompanied by
in a game. What are your real interests and real talents? What jobs or careers fit your real interests and talents? List five undesirable consequences if you succeed at what you would really like to do; list five desirable outcomes. Repeatedly say to yourself, “It’s O.K. for me to succeed. And I’m going to!” CHAPTER TEN YOU CAN’T FIRE ME, I’M YOUR FATHER! Resolving Grief hank goodness all of Dad’s affairs were in place and easy to take care of. And the help received from our business attorney,
business. It was her own decision to return home. She had finished law school and had lived abroad for two years. She was fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. Because of her international experience, fluency in three languages, and legal knowledge of contracts and business law, she was made head of the export business. She was under no obligation to market her brother’s products. It was clear to both children that their business relationship was to be strictly business, although both parents
as role models. A portion of their bonuses and their chances for promotion are predicated on feedback from those reporting to them about how well the leaders lived the values. This is in keeping with a 1912 Scottish dictionary’s definition of leadership—“going first by showing the way.” Summary T HIS CHAPTER HAS IMPLICITLY ADDRESSED THE FUNDA- mental question, “Can people be good?” I say yes. Perfect, no; but good, yes. And I say people can be better when the bad side in all of us is