"The box inside which we are locked assumes that all we are doing everything well and that the environment which we are interacting with will not change."
Every day there are more examples of businesses that refute what seems to be real and incontrovertible, in order to generate new ways of doing things to make money.
Alvaro Cedeno's article in Nacion.com is an excellent analysis of using disruptive change as a key to innovation and entrepreneurship:
In a competitive environment, companies must understand that it is better to retain qualified personnel rather than to invest funds looking in the market for workers.
A report entitled "Cutting Edge Talent 2020" by Deloitte, is based on a survey of global executives in large companies. Their conclusions apply to any market where there are shortages of workers with the necessary skills to get into competitive businesses.
A great business success is never the result of an entrepreneur’s first attempt, but perhaps number 1000, coming after 999 failures whose teachings brought them closer to victory.
Success in business is not the result of an instant or temporary miracle, but rather the fruit of a long history of hard work, effort, trips, falls and retries that ultimately lead to the desired goal.
The classic film The Godfather offers valuable lessons for teamwork, making difficult decisions, and how to be successful without neglecting family and friends.
Justin Moore, CEO and founder of Axcient, says senior business executives and the mafia boss Vito Corleone, the central figure in the film The Godfather, have much in common.
The employer thinks that The Godfather is one of the best movies of all time and there are 5 lessons of leadership, which it lists for Fastcompany.com:
Employers are placing more and more value on employees ability to get involved and to take the initiative to do things independently, using innovative ideas.
Being an entrepreneur does not necessarily mean being the founder of a new businesses, but can also mean having an innovative attitude to finding solutions to problems and the habit of transforming challenges into opportunities. And that is something that can be done from inside companies.
The ability to recover from a failure is essential in order to be successful. But what if you have never failed?
Suzanne Lucas, on her blog at Bnet.com, discusses how new generations of graduates are too used to being successful, to finding things easy, which can lead them potentially to collapse when things get out of their comfort zone.
People who only know success simply lack the skills to deal with failure or complicated situations.
Corporations that promote physical activities and sports help to improve not only the health of their employees but also their job performances.
Implementing a physical exercise program in the workplace, could be the solution to the problems of sickness absence and low staff performance as well as helping to change unhealthy lifestyle habits.
Diana Lucia Salas in her article in Elfinancierocr.com writes, "Take into account that the situation is a win-win, because the worker, on a personal level, gains significant improvements in their physical condition.
FedEx Express is first, Kimberly Clark second, followed by Oracle Caribbean, SC Johnson, Diageo, McDonalds and Agrisal Group.
In the rankings elaborated by the Great Place to Work Institute of Central America and the Caribbean, FedEx repeated as the best company to work for within Central America and the Caribbean.
In an article in Elperiodico.com.gt, Jorge Ferrari, president of Great Place to Work Institute of Central America and the Caribbean, stated that "it is no coincidence that these companies provide excellent operating results. Their human resource development has become their secret weapon for competing in the markets."