It’s like watching paint slowly disintegrate on cars in the parking lot. Naw, it’s not that bad, and it is good for you.
Responsibility is a big word for simple cowboys, but that’s what it’s about. When you play with a stick horse (like our guest, Pinto, from another program), you can act like a six-year old. Indeed everyone expects it. When you play with real horses, though, it’s time to act like a big boy. And that means thinking ahead, reviewing the impact of your actions on others, and taking responsibility. Id is not it.
Join the boys as they exercise their superegos to exorcise corporate demons and wrestle free market wraiths. If the boys can keep their bucking ids saddled and their outsized egos harnessed, well, any fool’s gotta be able to do it. Hat & Cattle superegos to the rescue! Oops, was that a Freudian slip or just some loose linguistic gravel?
The Boys
June 14, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Jim: Hey, we got our first “hat”!
Chris: I know, I went straight to the saloon and ordered a bottle of whiskey.
Jim: Well, I appreciated the constructive criticism.
Chris: Me too. I took Dave’s advice to heart and decided I only had 30 seconds to extract all of the value I could.
Jim: And?
Chris: Well, I was in such bad shape after downing the bottle that I fell off my horse and landed in a bed of prickly pears. When I finally woke up, my inclination was to wait around to see if anyone would come by to help. I waited about 3 minutes, and then I thought of Dave again. So I extracted everything I could in 30 seconds.
Jim: Did you learn anything?
Chris: Yeah, that guy Dave is a genius. Think he’s with McKinsey?
The Boys: Thanks Dave!
Scott
June 14, 2010 at 11:04 am
Cattle – Your approach to this is unusual enough that you arroused my curiosity…
Mark
June 13, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Guys:
The fact that this topic is debated in many businesses(and it is) is a disappointing reflection on corporate management today. C.S.R. is absolutely the obligation of top management to stakeholders and a cornerstone to any profitability plan. C.S.R. takes risk and costs out of the business (ie. compliance to environmental and safety regulations, lower WC costs, etc…), motivates employees (by letting them know you care about them), and serves the Board and Shareholders in higher profitability and less risk (ie. sustainability) long term. To avoid C.S.R. is short sited and eventually brings on costs and risk to the company.
Dave
June 12, 2010 at 2:50 pm
HAT: Watched through 3:00, got nothing. Speaker said, “Long story short,” I thought “too late!”. Lesson: provide value in the first 30 seconds.