Now please understand, I am not here to make a pronouncement on either side of the coin...Democrat or Republican. I have been around long enough to know that making a political commentary in writing has very few upsides....but what I was struck with was how the "what's in it for me" as evidenced by the clapping or lack thereof during Obama's address, is very much what we see in corporations as well.
As a consultant, I bring leading edge ideas, challenge
the status quo, show clients new ways of approaching old problems and the like. But you know it wasn't like I went into some sort of self-actualized metamorphosis when I became a consultant....I was providing the same insight and approach when I was an executive in corporate. Yet, as a consultant my ideas are readily accepted by all parties, and seen as a road map for the way forward.While in corporate, as I said, I did the same thing...and yes, often times I was able to move an agenda forward because of following the same principles as I do in consulting. But, you know, it was never as easy. Because when you are working in the corporate environment as and "employee", your ideas are taken with a grain of salt, because others may believe that you have an "agenda", not quickly obvious to them, or, worse, that by moving forward on your proposal, even though it is better for the corporation, it may put you in the limelight and potentially, from this colleague's perspective, diminish them....or they see it as turf encroachment...or...or...or....
As a consultant, you are not a threat, you don't seemingly have an agenda and as such your thoughts and ideas are more readily acceptable.
But it causes one to wonder, if individuals in corporations, as well as the government, could put their
partisanship aside and agree to a go-forward strategy, putting the business or the country ahead of their own egos and agendas, how much better both the country and those corporations would be!
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