http://anthonytrask.com/2010/03/11/surviving-leadership/ Thinking Out Loud Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:12:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://anthonytrask.com/2010/03/11/surviving-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Ken Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:21:35 +0000 http://anthonytrask.com/2010/03/11/surviving-leadership/#comment-139 One must realize that for the "heros" it's still SURVIVOR which is all about individual survival and in the end not about everybody experiencing success. The villains know two age old secrets I've learned from being in corporate america; 1. keep a low profile. 2. Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. I've worked for a huge well oiled corporate machine and what you say for success is true. Loved my job and we were very profitable. I've also been on church staff and the opposite was true ... dismal experience. The corporation clearly knew what the goal was and worked towards it. Church ... not so .. leadership was always looking for something "new" with no clear definition of a goal. The villains understand this (for now) the heros have yet to establish a clearly defined goal. One must realize that for the “heros” it’s still SURVIVOR which is all about individual survival and in the end not about everybody experiencing success. The villains know two age old secrets I’ve learned from being in corporate america; 1. keep a low profile. 2. Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. I’ve worked for a huge well oiled corporate machine and what you say for success is true. Loved my job and we were very profitable. I’ve also been on church staff and the opposite was true … dismal experience. The corporation clearly knew what the goal was and worked towards it. Church … not so .. leadership was always looking for something “new” with no clear definition of a goal. The villains understand this (for now) the heros have yet to establish a clearly defined goal.

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