What do you think that it is cheaper – to buy an old house – and to restore it, or to tear it down to foundations and build a new one? Believe me, that last one. And the same applies to the companies.

In the world there are still many old companies and many of those still to this day remain unchanged in their structure. In such companies there are usually located unions, who have their own interests that do not work for the company and the workers in the long term.

Owners or managers of such companies usually have considerable difficulties. Each fired worker is avenged with bad reputation caused by the media, inspection services, or even criminal investigation. This has an impact on the company’s reputation in the media and the region where it operates, which also makes them uninteresting from  the point of view of finding new staff – because of the bad reputation caused by the media job seekers avoid the company out of fear.

Such organizations are not healthy, and in need of radical change.

From own experience I know that investing in a change in organizational culture is hard work, and it will spend more money than the benefits gained – the result will not be substantially changed.

I suggest that such an organization if possible, is teared down to foundations liquidate it, and build a new one. Bad news in the media will be happening only in a given period of time, but because of the current state of recession, you may be blamed for the causes of the current state of the market and the lack of orders.

When the organization fails or is liquidated, you should build a new one by the clever way on the basis of the knowledge that you gained from the errors in the work: be careful in the choice of personnel, an expert should prepare contracts, working processes should have smart goals, outsource salesmen, and do not waste time on rewarding – this must wait until your company is mature for that.

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The transition to a management position is associated with several traps, including the inability to change the relationship with colleagues.

Promotion is a big change for a new leader and the staff. Joy and confidence at the progress can end  very fast, if the individual does not prepare himself for this big change. Taking over the leadership brings up the dilemma, for the new boss to remain friends with former colleagues.

Promotion is often accompanied by a change of personal contact with colleagues and changing social networks. It is becoming increasingly difficult, as we spend more time  in the workplace and the dividing line between personal and professional life is becoming increasingly blurred.

Feeling that you can talk to someone, complain about your problems and laugh with him, meets  the individual’s need for proximity and to belong to a group. However, we must realize that we talk about the business environment and that such friendship have a common denominator: the work. Therefore, if we place certain limits to the friendship in the workplace, many inconveniences and conflict situations that occur when one of your friends is promoted and gets new responsibilities can be avoided.

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Fighting loneliness

Professionals agree that loneliness certainly is one of the major inconveniences. Staff expect that you treat them the same as before, however, the new leader has to know that he can not and should not, since this would mean failure for new job in the long term. The promotion is therefore confronted with the fact that he must move slightly away from the staff of, therefore many feel lonely at their new position.

This  typically happens to those who do not have friends outside the work environment, mainly because they are running out of time. Therefore, I recommend that people build quality social contacts outside the work environment.

Many traps of promotion

Advancement in the workplace is usually associated show you in my life each wants. However, many reach a level of incompetence with promotion, because  a good worker is not necessarily a good leader. In such cases, it makes sense to visit a training program for talent development. When the head knows and follows these basic principals, which are placed in the ‘recipes’, the results show in the whole team. It is true that the more the individual is progressing towards the top of the pyramid, the more isolated he can become. My advice is – stay positive and love people you work with.

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The most important is the change of identity

The decisive thing for the progress is the change of identity, which requires a specific adaptation. When an individual assumes the identity of leaders, the more he gets aware of that management means to achieve the objectives through staff. It is true that there is the belief that it is lonely at the top, but if the process of identity change is successful, the feeling of isolation and loneliness soon fade.  it makes sense to invite coworkers and explain them that, they are still all in the same boat despite progress, and that only together they can safely sail to the port.

Communication is the key to successful cooperation

Communication is particularly important precisely in the first weeks. The great advantage of the new Head of is that he was a recent part of the same team, so staff knows how to facilitate the selection of the style of management.  As soon as you take the head, together with colleagues set the rules of the game for everyday activities. Then, arrange and monitor the objectives of each associate specifically to meet these goals.