team that fully understands the vision and common strategy can be trusted to make appropriate decisions based on their own thinking. Such teams also become an effective support system that will “maintain the continuity of enterprise ‘in difficult times.
General of the British Navy, Horatio Nelson, victor in the Battle of Trafalgar, is one of the British national hero. By destroying the French navy and its allies in Trafalgar during the war with the French revolutionary government, Nelson assured that Britain will not face an invasion from France, across the English Channel. Nelson was the one who popularized the idea of a combat team known as the “band of brothers”.
To quote from Shakespeare, Nelson had written early in his career about the captains who are in command. “What an amazing team! A compact brotherhood! My heart was always proud and excited at the thought of them all!”
Nelson was the one who formed this team, entertain the captains in the fleet in order leisurely dinner on the carrier lead. They discussed the general situation of war, strategy and tactics that he is more liked.
Thanks to the discussion, despite being in the chaos of war, Nelson’s team can be trusted to act based on their own initiative, using tactics to achieve victory and continue to hold on to their overall strategy in mind.
India’s Reliance Industries was founded by Dhirubai Ambani. His son, Mukesh, tells about the difficulties to be faced by the firm when his father’s cousin, a senior company executive died shortly after suffering a stroke Dhirubai.
Mukesh stressed that because it involves colleagues in a “system” management “open”, there is a hidden strength to face death in the company’s senior executives and leaders to run the temporary inability of leadership.
“The event was a great blow, the two great incidents within 5 months. From me and two other men who lead the company, all of a sudden I was alone. This is the moment when the investment in talent to work, no sense of panic. Picture size is was on my mind. That’s the advantages of open systems. If I had to control everything myself, certainly would be very difficult. We have quality people at all levels within the company. Already there are plans to be realized. We just have to focus and execute the plan.
People can only make a real commitment to the goals of a company when they have been consulted and involved in the process and have committed themselves personally. When leaders are open on his team and involve them in planning and goal setting, self-motivated team and be able to work alone. The people who really understand the company’s goals can be trusted to act on their own initiative. This will speed up decision making and allow the person authorized to take immediate action to take tactical decisions. A team involved will be able to function well for long term without having to rely on input from senior management.
