Comments on: People, Not Parts

By: Scott Gould

Scott Gould — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:31:07 +0000

Hey DanThanks for reading!I agree that leadership is a big missing element for most – or at least, leadership that isn't just about position.Especially when we talk about socialising content, social media, social comms – leaderships is really required to lead these communities – because we are moving out of governance and into guidance.Scott

By: DanBlank

DanBlank — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:25:31 +0000

Hi Scott,Great points. They one that has a huge effect on the others is that in organizations of any type , there are many managers, and very very few leaders. The steps you listed are so critical, I think the bigger issue though is that most managers won't follow them. There is a leadership shortage in the world, and because of it, we all lose.Wow – that sounded more negative than I meant it. I suppose I do see it as an opportunity for people to lead – to CARE – and not just manage.Thanks.-Dan

By: Scott Gould

Scott Gould — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:01:32 +0000

By: Rosa Garriga

Rosa Garriga — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:34:24 +0000

You're welcome and sure, I'll add you on Skype! I'm enjoying your posts a lot

By: Scott Gould

Scott Gould — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:25:03 +0000

Excellent news Rosa – and thanks for the link. We must talk on Skype soon. I'm scottlegould

By: Rosa Garriga

Rosa Garriga — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:23:20 +0000

Thats very good Scott, I've been an intern myself in 4 different places and I have experienced great differences in the training I've got, and that tells a lot about the company's values…By the way, just yesterday this article came out, and I'd like to share with you, because I think is very relevant to the topic: http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/press-room/2010/Employ…It's a survey from PriceWaterhouseCoopers that warns about a possible braindrain of the most talented employees…

By: Scott Gould

Scott Gould — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:55:00 +0000

What I do is train interns. I'm doing it all the time – building a workforce up in preparation for tomorrow

By: Scott Gould

Scott Gould — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:54:26 +0000

I think in this respect, I lack experience. Glad to have you hear to share your wisdom!

By: Rosa Garriga

Rosa Garriga — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:30:27 +0000

Yes Scott I do agree with you, in my opinion, those companies are taking advantage of the employers' market that we're in right now, to look for 'perfect' candidates, which I believe it could be someone with lots of 'ready made parts', rather than wanting to invest in someone who could probably outperform that 'perfect' employee, with a bit more time to self-develop in the company. Does that make sense? I guess they're looking for quick fixes, but that doesn't usually work with machines, let alone with people…!I also agree with what you say about investing in your people, I believe that in the long-run that's a more beneficial approach for companies. However, as sytaylor points out, large (or small maybe too) are failing in engaging us GenY/Millenials, therefore, it is worth investing in someone that you know is going to leave the company in a few years time?

By: sytaylor

sytaylor — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:01:47 +0000

It's important not to undersell the desire of big operational organisations to manage cost. They're competing with the far east, in a staggering economy & their old tools for profit margin aren't working any more. They need people who can come in, roll up their sleeves and crack on. We as a generation are terrible at that. We want to know why first, and buy into the meaning.My goal is to educate both parties to the way the other side thinks. It took some serious fight to make a very operational based company see value in working differently… but it's do-able if you do it right.