{"id":353,"date":"2011-02-24T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/houston-we-have\/"},"modified":"2011-02-24T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T14:12:00","slug":"houston-we-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/houston-we-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston, We Have a Problem-Updated 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epicliving.blogs.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c78f953ef014e5f70b8c2970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Corporate boardroom\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c78f953ef014e5f70b8c2970c\" src=\"http:\/\/epicliving.blogs.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c78f953ef014e5f70b8c2970c-800wi\" title=\"Corporate boardroom\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<br \/>The following post was written almost 4 years ago.&#0160; Ironically, the problem still persists inside of my friend&#39;s organization.&#0160; I know you may be wondering how this organization manages to stay in the game.&#0160; I won&#39;t wast precious space on all of the reasons, but one reason is they&#39;re in a hot market.&#0160; Sadly, hot markets can be like ether to organizations and they come and go.&#0160; Regardless, it was sobering to read and update this post.<\/p>\n<p><em>I talked to a friend this week about how her&#0160;company is facing a crisis of identity.&#0160; Their crisis is not a marketing one, but an internal sales vs. operations one.&#0160; Ever heard of it?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Many companies deal with the following:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What area is most important sales or ops. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Areas (sales, ops., customer service, etc.) that create their own fiefdoms. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Top management that is unable or unwilling to be clear<\/strong>. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Conflict avoidance. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>No programs for people development<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The above is not an exhaustive list, but covers some key areas of stress.&#0160; In many cases the organization has allowed the weeds to overtake the garden.&#0160; Meaning; there is one vision and all must serve that vision.&#0160; Anything less results in a culture full of dysfunction.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I recommend the following: <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Change the culture or change the culture.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/epicliving.blogs.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/10\/31\/apple_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Apple_news\" border=\"0\" height=\"72\" src=\"http:\/\/epicliving.blogs.com\/epic_living\/images\/2007\/10\/31\/apple_news.jpg\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Apple_news\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>See this <a href=\"http:\/\/macdailynews.com\/index.php\/weblog\/comments\/15233\/\">article <\/a>on how Apple values their culture.&#0160; As you may have guessed, taking responsibility for your culture is paramount.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160;The following post was written almost 4 years ago.&#0160; 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