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Have Respect for the Indivisual”

Dec 25, 2005 13:34 pm / Add a comment

In advanced coun­tries, it seems to me that to respect for the indi­vid­ual is the most impor­tant key fac­tor for the longe term suc­cess of a company.

With the lim­ited num­ber of projects I became involved in the past, all the suc­cess­ful projects had respect for the indi­vid­u­als, both within the project team and within the client’s organization.

The respect for each other shows in the lan­guages they use. Espe­cially in spo­ken words, they are eas­ily cap­tured and shared among col­leagues and partners.

The other books has lead me to A Busi­ness And Its Beliefs by IBM’s leg­endary CEO, Thomas J. Wat­son, Jr.

The premise of this impor­tant work is clear and straight­for­ward: that all great insti­tu­tions require a set of prin­ci­ples and beliefs to guide them through good times and bad. And the most impor­tant deter­mi­nant of a company’s suc­cess depends on its “faith­ful adher­ence” to these bedrock beliefs.

At IBM, Mr. Wat­son felt that three core beliefs formed the foun­da­tion for the company’s success:

- Have pre­spect for the indi­vid­ual.
– Give the best com­pany ser­vice of any com­pany in the world.
– Pur­sue all tasks with the idea that they can be accom­plished in a supe­rior fashion.

 

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