How does a great company look like?

How does a great company look like?

Some job seekers would tend to ask this question to their fellow job seekers as well as to how does a great company look like and I doubt if that fellow job seeker of his can answer his enquiry. Great companies is a great place to work I tell you. In fact, everyone has been desiring for this status but only a few succeed. Anyway, this entry was inspired by the book of Jim Collins “Good to Great”. I’ve actually read the book months ago when I was still with my first employer. T’was like a bible to them and the Manager’s are really oblige to read the book or if not get a few applicable lessons from the book. Now, you’ll have the idea of what the book really is in terms of contents to managers, executives and company owners. I would suggest you read first his “Built to Last” book since most of the reviews I’ve encountered linked it’s findings to that book.

In addition, since I knew the book was quite expensive for me so what I did was I proposed a initiative to my colleagues specifically in our department at that time to utilize the book as our guide for a learning session since our boss was so busy at that time with other business related activities. And of course they find it cool at first for a fact that we’re looking forward to a first ever department learning session based on a book since most of our learning sessions were based on our functional areas alone. But with my proposed session, it was a bit different since there was a twist coupled with a classroom setting thus; we divide the book per chapter to expedite the process. Of course they know as well how great is the book to read since most of the executives have a copy of that book. Now, the sad thing was… passion eventually dies. Passion for learning eventually dies because of some limitations. People would be so eager to participate in the beginning yet when time comes for them to deliver all you hear is … I can’t, not my schedule, I’m so loaded and worst, I’ll be having a “nose bleed” if I’ll report. What the?… Anyway, at least I was able to get hold of the book for a few days since that was really my ultimate plan.

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Chariots of Fire: “Resignations”

Chariots of Fire: “Resignations”

Maybe you guys would wonder on what’s the connection of the title of this entry to that song i.e. “Chariots of Fire”. Just recently, I was trying to familiarize myself with that song since I’ll be using it for our Christmas Party thus; was thinking of having it as the title for this entry to add a different taste to this radical content. Suffice to say the song inspired me to write this entry.

Moreover, I’m so grateful that a few friends and guest visited the site. In fact some informed me that the article gave them bliss and gave them something to laugh about. Some also emailed me and gave me their opinions about the article and some points that I’ll be relaying to you as well. Their points should be pondered as well since it can affect future movements especially on resignations. What’s the good thing now is that, with the article I was able to gather a few more points from everyone as far as India and I just hope that more to come from them and from others.  Some points were from the oriental perspective while I was presenting a western perspective since most of us here in the Philippines is adopting the western concept from lifestyle, management etc.

Actually, just minutes after I uploaded my latest entry about “Best months to tender resignations” a friend of mine emailed me telling me how happy he was to resign from his first employer. Just picture this, he’s a fresh graduate and was recently accepted by a small company as a tech support. To add more flavor to it, it was his first employer and he was with the company for just two months and then he resigned. Weird isn’t it? Well, it’s but normal trend recently since lots of idealistic fresh graduates are in the constant hot pursuit of their dreams to the extent that they can close three companies in a year and drop it like a hot potato once their dissatisfied.

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