HOW TO AVOID BOZO EXPLOSIONS!
Nicholas Gomez
Just a flawed human, not perfect and not trying to be, rolling with life’s punches and getting through this imperfect world one rough edge at a time.
Steve Jobs had an apt saying. “One bozo gets another bozo. Soon, you’re surrounded by bozos. This is called a bozo explosion”. Normally, A players hire A players; B players hire C players; and C players hire D players.
Guess what? It doesn't take long to get to Z players. Soon your A players have left the company and you're left surrounded by what Guy Kawasaki calls "industry rejects"!
This trickle-down effect causes bozo explosions in companies. The bigger the organisation, the better the chance this will happen. If I had a subordinate who wants to call me out for doing something dumbass, I'd encourage it! Prove me wrong! I want everyone's brain to work.
Bad leadership can and should in fact, be called out. Not swept under the carpet. And guess what? You CAN do it in a civil manner. We should never encourage yes-men or sycophants.
Unless of course, you love bozo explosions?
You need to invest in the core component for success - people. People who are valued, whose choices, issues and challenges are heard out will invariably go the extra mile to surpass customer and management expectations.
Attract and retain high-calibre talent. It's a sure-fire way to avoid 'Bozo Explosions'!
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3 年Nicholas Gomez you only have 1 problem : "Attract and retain high-calibre talent. It's a sure-fire way to avoid 'Bozo Explosions'!"" What is talent .. What is High Calibre .. Is it avoiding the "Bozos" or it knowing where they are needed why people we call Bozos are not bozos but maybe that we are the Bozos placing them in the wrong places turning them into Bozos "You need to invest in the core component for success - people." Yes to that "People who are valued, whose choices, issues and challenges are heard out will invariably go the extra mile to surpass customer and management expectations." That is the issue is it not? .. Is the level they go to "surpass customer and management expectations" not the level management go out of their way to give them a good experience? Is it maybe that we so hard looking at the customer that we end not seeing the employee, not listening to what is needed that we create our won Bozos?
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3 年I call them "opportunists" ??
Head of Sales (MG Damansara)
3 年Problem is, those who point out issues get criticised, embarrassed and victimised till they just turn bozo as a way for self and job preservation