I find it hard to motivate myself to perform my best every day. But how can one solve this issue? Is it the industry or market that we are in or the poor management? I struggle to find the answer to this question.
I keep wondering that as well. What would the company look like if we got new management, for example? Would it be the same or any better?
Ok...amended...especially at a place that doesn't even have a non-secret-HR-and-'leadership'-only org chart which would serve as a map of functions and teams to support improvements, coordination and demonstrated best practices across cross-functional process chains.
Oh they have an org chart...it's just one you and most are not privy to...likely in an effort to hold on to the few that are still lingering there for one reason or another.
Work ethic is internal; it is part of who you are. Doing your best, doing the work that needs doing, doing your best to help co-workers - these things are about you and doing them anyway is good for you and will help you in this job and every other you have; every job has things to learn from. And you can do this with inside eye rolls and mild disengagement from the work environment you find yourself in until moving on happens from their acts or yours.
As far as which factor bears the most weight, easy - management. External factors will come and go, cannot be predicted, and cannot be controlled; you can only control how you respond to them. Management lays the groundwork, structure, accountability and practices that either make a company resilient, creative, transparent, effective and efficient OR makes it Fossil.
Good times or bad, good management helps weather them, capitalize on them, or endure them with the least difficulty. But teams cannot do these things on their own down in the middle while stranded in silos without transparency and accountability, especially at a place that does not even have an org chart.
Bringing in a new upper management every quarter helps Fossil make their case on the measures they are taking to improve business on their quarterly investor calls to deflect from poor sales!
we get a new VP, EVP, Director, etc. in and out every other month.
new management every quarter! yay!
They actually should have thought about new management 4-5 years ago....just a thought, but maybe with better employee morale the company would have faired better. I for one as an employee never promoted the product to family and friends because the actual Corporate culture at Fossil literally sucked for the past 5 years! Not going to give a glowing recommendation for a company's product that seemingly did not value nor listen to GOOD and PRODUCTIVE employees. Now look what they are left with...a failing product offering and a skeleton crew at Corporate...many of which, not all, contributed to the low morale.
The author of the post I quoted is @apmo+1bFOt8Lh