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- From: "Gregory S. Hopper" <ghopper AT netanium.com>
- To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [internetworkers] loyalty
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:23:23 -0500
Interesting topic. I'm finishing up a masters in entrepreneurship from WCU, and our final courses are in strategy and leadership. One of the things we are talking about in the leadership course is how to develop a culture like Lyman's dad worked in, or those of us who worked for IBM many years ago worked in, or that Phillip wants to start. Here's an article that is very interesting in this regard -- it's from Forbes, and one of the key quotes is "no talent, no company". Greg On Mar 5, 2008, at 8:00 PM, Phillip Rhodes wrote: Lance A. Brown wrote: Lyman Green wrote: I guess this is what they get for loyalty and long hours. Heh. I've not worked for *ANY* company that engendered my loyalty at any point in my professional career in IT. None. It's a crying shame. My father is justifiably proud that he was able to start working for a firm before he completed is civil engineering degree and retired from that same company 39 years later. There were ups and downs but Wells Concrete Products took care of Dad and he took care of them. That kind of company/worker loyalty just flat out doesn't exist anymore, anywhere. I think you'll see it come back eventually. This short-sighted approach to business that has become so common place can't sustain itself forever. I believe that as the world economy becomes even *more* competitive that companies will have to return to the approach of developing a real relationship with their employees and having that two way commitment / loyalty to be really successful. Now maybe I'm just being overly optimistic, but if I'm ever in a position to launch the company I want to launch, I hope to try and put those principles into practice. It's the old saw about "if you can't find the company you want to work for, start it." :-) TTYL, -- Phillip Rhodes Chief Architect - OpenQabal https://openqabal.dev.java.net LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/philliprhodes <mindcrime.vcf>--- Come and play at the InterNetWorkers Web site! http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/ You are currently subscribed to InterNetWorkers mailing list To unsubscribe visit http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/internetworkers Greg Hopper CEO Netanium Strategic Consulting, LLC Marketing Innovation. (tm) Website: www.netanium.com 9650 Strickland Road, Suite 103-256 Raleigh, NC 27615 Phone: (919) 720-1407 Fax: (248) 692-0561 |
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
H. Wade Minter, 03/04/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?, Tarus Balog, 03/04/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
Ilan Volow, 03/04/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
Thomas Beckett, 03/04/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
Steven Champeon, 03/04/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
Thomas Beckett, 03/04/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
Lyman Green, 03/05/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?, Tarus Balog, 03/05/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
Lance A. Brown, 03/05/2008
- [internetworkers] loyalty [was: Sure is quiet, innit?], Phillip Rhodes, 03/05/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] loyalty, Gregory S. Hopper, 03/05/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] loyalty, Lyman Green, 03/05/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] loyalty [was: Sure is quiet, innit?], Lance A. Brown, 03/05/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] loyalty [was: Sure is quiet, innit?], Greg Brown, 03/06/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] loyalty [was: Sure is quiet, innit?], David Matusiak, 03/06/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] loyalty [was: Sure is quiet, innit?], Greg Brown, 03/06/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] loyalty [was: Sure is quiet, innit?], Cristóbal Palmer, 03/06/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] loyalty [was: Sure is quiet, innit?], Phillip Rhodes, 03/06/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
Lyman Green, 03/05/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
Thomas Beckett, 03/04/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] loyalty [was: Sure is quiet, innit?], Phillip Rhodes, 03/06/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] loyalty [was: Sure is quiet, innit?], Michael Czeiszperger, 03/06/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
Steven Champeon, 03/04/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
Thomas Beckett, 03/04/2008
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Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?,
H. Wade Minter, 03/04/2008
- Re: [internetworkers] Sure is quiet, innit?, esther L, 03/05/2008
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