When you
think of the
word
“discipline”
what comes
to mind? Do
you get a
picture of
correcting
employee
behavior;
“Adam did
something
wrong and I
need to
discipline
him.” Maybe
you get a
vision of a
stodgy,
tedious,
non-motivating,
static
environment
opposed to
change and
to be
avoided if
given an
option; “You
can’t even
breath in
that
accounting
department.
Anything you
do that is
outside of
their
discipline
is a cause
for a
personnel
action.”
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Business and
Life -
Unplanned
For four
years, I
worked in
the health
care
industry. I
was the
“grunt”
worker – the
one who
worked the
floor with
my patients.
I never saw
any fancy
desks,
marketing
efforts,
staffing
concerns,
budget
issues, or
anything of
the sort.
Now, I work
in a small
family-owned
company,
dealing
every day
with things
that I never
imagined I’d
be doing in
the duration
of my
career.
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Family
Business
Connection
Tough
Decisions
The Next
Generation
of Leaders
I was
recently
asked this
question by
the owner of
a family
business
with four
sons working
in the firm:
"How do I
choose which
one will run
the
business?"
Wow! There
are so many
ways to
answer this
question. My
first
response was
to ask, "Who
wants to?"
To which the
owner did
not know the
answer. So
that is a
good place
to start;
however,
there is
more to
simply
wanting to
run the
family
business
than just
who wants
to.
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