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Vol.12
Energy of a Company. |
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<Succession Race at a Major
Firm>
When I was in my
early 30s, there was a
presidential change drama at
one of the leading companies.
It was literally a “drama”, in
which management was divided
into two and battled in a
heated succession race.
This kind of situation
occurs when management has been
mediocre, or fails in steering
the company and resigns without
being able to leave any
influence. The same applies to
the political world.
Towards the climax of the
above-mentioned succession
race, top management became so
busy analyzing the current
situation and discussing
further strategies day and
night, that they neglected
their jobs. Even the
middle-level managers of its
affiliate companies became
restless.
I thought at
the time that it was such a
waste in terms of business
productivity, and wondered if
there could be a more simple
system for it.
<Every
Deed is Man’s Doing>
However, my opinions have
changed since entering my 40s.
Despite it seemingly looks as
though it is a meaningless
battle, it is in fact merely a
changed form of the energy that
a company possesses, and I came
to think that as a whole this
energy is the biggest factor in
the growth of a company.
Such heated battle for
succession is probably unlikely
to occur in companies which do
not rate their employees’
performance, or have no future
due to poor business
achievements.
It is
usually the case that company
employees work in order to earn
a living, and for their own
ambitions in their jobs or
desires to reach higher ranks.
The brighter the company’s
future is, the higher the
desires of its employees and
board members become. In a
company with thousands of
employees, these turn into vast
energy and steer the company.
Every person has
desires, as well as hesitations
and misunderstandings. It is
then only natural that various
problems occur in companies,
which are aggregations of such
persons. This is also why risk
management is a big issue for
firms.
It is said that
factions are formed when three
people get together – two
versus one. Especially when it
comes to something like a
succession race, one’s destiny
is decided depending on which
you side with. I believe that a
company must accept the losses
it faces as a result of this
battle. After all, a company is
an aggregation of individuals.
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