08/10/2022
Pamela Hackett, the Australian-born CEO of a global consulting firm Proudfoot is the author of Manage to Engage. The secret isn’t in predictive analytics or lean manufacturing. The secret is in full engagement, from C-suite to middle down to the and production team.
The author of the book Manage to Engage likens success in the fast-paced, global business climate to ‘wrestling chaos.’ Managers win by engaging with staff and building a business where employees aren’t zombified. They are there to solve problems, ringside ready for when the bell dings.
Wrestling Chaosis like changing the tires while the car’s still moving and it’s on fire,” Hackett says. “The fire brigade are running around. Someone is trying to fix the front tire while the back wheels are falling off. The concept of wrestling chaos came to me once when I was asked about leadership. The question is always framed like, ‘Why is it that so many leaders screw up?’ And I thought, ‘That’s an unusual question.’ Because what they’re saying is leadership is something seen from a culpability perspective instead of from a capability perspective.”
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The secret isn’t in predictive analytics or lean manufacturing, it's in full engagement, from C-suite to middle management down to the sales and production team.