Leading an Enterprise

Leading

When it comes to leading an enterprise it is key that the managers guide their employees into the right direction and also setting high standards for company. If employees, see mangers slacking or not showing interest in their job, they too will then begin to act in the same way. If employees, see that mangers are dedicated to the job that will eventually motivate them to strive for greatness as well. Most people think just because they are at a higher level, that will allow them to just sit back, relax, and give orders; although this will not make it far in the business world if one expects to keep motivated workers. A true leader gets his hands just as dirty as his employees, it is known that a true leader wants to see his enterprise move forward and the best way to do that is to get in the field yourself and see how the company truly works. A great example of this is the hit television show” Undercover Boss”. In this show the top line managers go undercover as a regular employee to see how their operation is running and if daily work routines need to be improve or changed. Most of the times the manger that goes undercover cannot even bare the work that they are assigned to do. Often there is usually a first line manager that disobeys certain rules and makes things difficult for the employees that he/she oversees. When the undercover boss acknowledges certain problems or gains obsessive workload they usually being to make changes within the company because they now know first-hand the hazards of the company that may affect the companies sells, employee morale and so forth. This maybe a great strategy because most top level managers do not know what goes on behind the scenes within their own company. After this process the managers now being to take notices is in the numbers that appear on paperwork. The picture below really describe what a true leader does verses what a bad one do.

There are many real life examples in the world that deals with right and wrong leadership. For example, Martin Winterkorn, former CEO of Volkswagen was said to be “cutthroat and insular”. His exacting standards, as well as his proclivity for calling employees out publicly to criticize them, may have very well motivated them to hide information in order to keep their jobs—or allowed them to believe it was okay to cheat, as long as