Poweromics: Corporate Politics and Old Boy Networks

Whilst Gordon Brown tells CBI business leaders he did not want to raise tax for rich bankers and adminstrators (and politicians...), he highlighted the extreme state of the Government's finances as the reasons for doing so ...

Were CBI business leaders really interested in the future of their businesses, or their own personal bank balances ... ?

Corporate 'politics' and 'old boy networks' have had their day. Poweromics* in business has had it's day ... and there is a big difference between rewarding entrepreneurs and rewarding administrators & bankers ... (see post 83 earlier)

If the Government wants to improve the situation, they need to train the country in 21st century leadership and management practices (which are completely different to current practices!), and lead by example ... by removing those who do not take responsibility or are not capable ...

... as the previous CBI director general Sir Digby Jones said to the select committee, when asked about the civil service ...

David Clift, a Future 500 Leader

* Poweromics = People using position and power for their own personal gain, based on poor moral values, self interest and greed.

Posted on Robert Peston's blog (comment 143) 

A financially bankrupt government

Whilst Gordon Brown tells CBI business leaders he did not want to raise tax for rich bankers and adminstrators (and politicians...), he highlighted the extreme state of the Government's finances as the reasons for doing so ...

Were CBI business leaders really interested in the future of their businesses, or their own personal bank balances ... ?

Poweromics in business has had it's day ... and there is a big difference between rewarding entrepreneurs and rewarding administrators & bankers ...

If the Government wants to improve the situation, they need to train the country in 21st century leadership and management practices*, and remove those who do not take responsibility or who are not capable ...

... as the previous CBI director general Sir Digby Jones said to the select committee, when asked about the civil service ...

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Comment 125 on Robert Peston's blog

Green shoots or hoping for the best?

Indebted Britain ? I think we know that ... 
Bankrupt Britain ... ? I think there are more questions to ask ...

Tell us the robust plan to pay back all the extra debt we're taking on and at the same time create 21st century products and services that ...

1. People around the world want and are willing to pay for
2. Will create millions of jobs in the UK, and 
3. Will systematically reduce our trade deficits and national borrowing ... *

Next question ... how are we nurturing and accelerating creativity/innovation to develop these new products and services?

Next question - how are we adopting 21st Century leadership and management to enable both the above?

I've been in meetings with Ministers and the CBI - and guess what ... when difficult questions like these are asked they are all 'weighed, measured and found wanting' ...

David Clift, a Future 500 Leader

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Taking responsibility and creating alliances

An unusual alliance occurred in Birmingham (UK) yesterday, during a march in support of 'people' and 'jobs'. 

The alliance was between a prominent Union leader (Tony Woodley) and a prominent Business leader (Lord Jones - or Sir Digby, former CBI Director General, and an outspoken ambassador for enterprise). 

These leaders may not always see eye-to-eye, but they came together for a reason ... they are both passionate and clear about the challenges we face, and what we need to do about it ...

They are taking responsibility and want to do something about it.  They are also desperate to see 'traditional engineering' being given priority once again over 'financial engineering' ... and for such skills to be protected and developed in the future ... something well overdue ... 

Traditional engineering 'creates wealth' ... financial engineering 'extracts / transfers wealth' ... (and mainly for the wealthy).    

Traditional engineering tends to ' reduce trade deficits & borrowing' ... financial engineering has now dramatically increased 'trade deficits & borrowing" (with collossal amounts of tax-payers money being effectively stolen at the same time too).

Poweromics is starting to be challenged in many ways now, and more and more people who care are taking responsibility and being vocal about what needs to be done.  Tony Woodley and Sir Digby are together making a stand ... and others will be doing so too ... 

We all have to ask what we want for our economy, and which will create sustainable success for generations to come ... we will also need to decide who we want to lead us ...