Admit it. We have all been there and we have all done it. The former business leader has either been promoted to a new job or has left the company and a new leader has been announced and is ready to come in and take over with a “fresh” perspective. Within minutes of the announcement, the rumors fly and soon after that the “Tornado of Blame” starts to build energy. The Tornado of Blame is what happens when people start to blame everything that is wrong with the company on the former leader.
Organizational culture is an interesting thing. There are an infinite number of definitions, papers, books, articles, and blogs about the topic because as Peter Drucker once said, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast."
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Whether we admit it to others or ourselves, somewhere deep down we know the scary truth. We know that the last thing we do at night is check our smartphones and the first thing we do in the morning is check our smartphones again. Sometimes, if you wake up in the middle of the night, it’s right there next to our bed, waiting to be checked! We are in constant search of the latest emails that have piled up overnight, the news stories about our customers, or perhaps if we are really lucky, an overnight Facebook rant from a friend who may have had one or two extra adult beverages. There is incredible power in interconnectivity, yet being “on” 24/7 is also a tremendous burden. And no matter what, we can never catch up.
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