Many in their career have an ambition to get someplace high , that too quickly. No issues with that. They want to be somebody big at any price, which does become an issue. The guys who talk better and present well usually are more heard and hence fall in the radar for any promotions- if (s)he is backed by their credibility, great, but if not, this becomes a situation for the company. The cost encountered by the organization though may be disenchanted employees, attrition of the good ones, and definitely a lack of loyalty to the organization. I always say ” Coaches do not play, they need not have been great players either, but they need to bring the best amongst their players in the team – they must though know how to play “. Careful selection of the deserving does make this better.
Tag: careers
Fancy Job Titles
Ridiculous to see such titles as Senior Associate Director, and Senior Assistant Vice President. What do these titles mean and what would be the responsibility of such titleholders. Honestly, it is a big joke, but for making the person happy with a Director or a Vice President as the suffix, and the prefix is laughable to say the least. And I can infer the deep and bad hierarchy in these companies which literally tells me they do not believe in flat hierarchies and hence efficiencies, and thus not an attractive company. Time to change now. Get rid of these titles – Director and VP, that is it. Let the folks earn these titles instead of getting accommodated in intermediate career rungs