Leadership
Post by Mike Gugger
This is the fourth post in a series where I will discuss the top five things to be cognizant of today (or in the not too distant future) on your shop floor. Read the first three posts, Brain Drain, Optimization and Lean.
This brings me to my next subject: the responsibilities of Leadership in your organization. We have all seen the mightiest organizations in our nation fall down. It is my belief that the actions and attitudes that brought about these implosions were because at the core, the leaders in the organization either condoned the behavior or actually set the example, indicating to others that it was ok, or even commendable to act in the unethical ways that brought about their demise.
As a leader in your organization it is not enough to simply avoid the unethical situation. Your every word and every action in that business sends a message to your company that as to what is acceptable behavior. You must be consciously aware that you are sending those messages and modeling the behavior for the organization.
So again to simply avoid the poor ethical choice is insufficient. You must actively pursue the ethical and make it known through example and through reward/acknowledgement of the right behaviors that this is the way your want your organization represented.
This goes for your ethics, your Lean approach, how you treat your people, your work ethic and on and on.
You set the example through your actions. That is what defines your leadership.
MG
