Corporate world is the highest peak of organisational management. They determines the manoeuvring of the organisation, spearheading it’s direction to the desired state. They determine the policies and other matters that requires decision at the highest level of organisation. They comprise of the few that makes up the executives committee up there.
At this level, it should be that of the interest of the owner or owners. Hence, the people here are the selected few, chosen by the owner/s to govern the organisation, the best to their abilities. The so called the chosen few. Most of the times they make decisions to the best interest of the organisation. They are like the main gear that will move other working gears to move in synchronicity, delivering the required results.
Then again, being human is all it needs to complicate the whole effort of smooth synchronisation of organisational performance. The statement that people do not leave the organisation, people leave their managers, regardless of their title or position becomes a self fulfilling prophecies.
We know that paper qualifications, resumes, experience and so forth look good to impress, but attitudes somewhat becomes the dark side of the moon, the unseen side. The ones that will make the cogwheel of organisational manoeuvring to get stuck midway.

BEING A TEAM PLAYER is a must. EGO and wanting to the most important person that stand out in the team destroys the harmony of the team.

TRUST among each other is critical factor, then again with the wants and needs to be in the centre stage and having the spotlight to oneself, overshadows the importance of others, and thins out the trust factor, diminishing communication and interactions all in the best interest of the organisation.

REFUSAL TO LISTEN to the ideas of others too create the wall that call upon team collaboration and participation. Hence having some of the players keeping to themselves, and having the splinter groups within the team. The beginning of the cracks that grows as time passes.

MAKING THE WRONG DECISIONS and refusal to collaborative make team decisions sway the performance to the best interest of the many, but to the best interest of individuals.

SHARED POWER diminishes over time and the rise of autocratic management begins.

RESPECT among colleagues thins out, instead of giving it becomes respect upon demand of position and authority.

COMMUNICATION is at it’s minimal. Understanding and the spirit of camaraderie is no more to be found.

SMILES & GESTURES are all in it’s plastic form. Throwing good facial and body language with daggers behind the back.

When the cogwheel of organisational management is not in synchro, this is when it begins to move to the dark side of the moon. Hypocrisy is at it’s peak. And if nothing is being done, the end will surely be at the doorstep. Everyone is for their own.

zmza – June 2019