YOUR WORK MUST BE PEOPLE ORIENTED!
Life is all about relationships. We have relationships every
facet of our life, at home; work; community; worship centers etc. but where we
spend major part of our life is definitely the work place! There are so many
capitalist’s profit minded works that are dividing and breaking family ties,
health and other important ties like that of our faith! This is not suppose to
be so; it is suppose to even create a foundation or bases for better quality
relationship in all other aspect of our lives.
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| Guardiola |
Pep Guardiola the manager of Beryern Munich football club of
Germany, makes an impression that is not easy to shake-off on me when
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg revealed Pep’s philosophy about the importance of
relationship. Pierre’s father was diagnose of cancer of the stomach and was
said doesn’t have a chance to survive it in August 2013. The football club and its
manger show a very sense of understanding and humanity by their following
actions:
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| Uli: the club's President |
First the club president, Uli Hoeness makes contact to have
Pierre-Emile’s father attended to by the best available Doctors in Germany. He
repeatedly assured the lad, not only in words, but by tangible acts that proves
beyond doubt, that they will do everything to help him through the difficult
times of his life.
Secondly Pep shows a great uncommon interest in the quality
of life and well being of his not only on the pitch but off pitch, a concern I thought
was only peculiar to Arsene Wenger of Arsenal football club in England. Pierre
himself said, “Pep cried when he heard that my father was diagnosed with
cancer.” How many boss show human feeling and emotion about their workers to
the point of empathizing
with them? I must tell you, they are very few! The very rare thing to see is
the boss crying about the woes of his workers so far it doesn’t have direct
impact on their profit. Boss, we need that emotional side of you,
especially to your workers! Not only did Pep provide his shoulder to cry on, but
also cries along with him as well as make necessary arrangement for him. I am
not surprised therefore, when Pep told Pierre that, “the
people you love most and whom you are closest to, you need to hold on to them,
even if it cost you at work!”
The club through its public relations latter voice out, “if
something happen to our players, we help them... they
come to Munich not only as footballers, but as humans!” These
suppose to be the attitude and character of all C.E.O.s and employers. Their
ethic should be based on people and relationships. Workers must be treated as
humans and not properties.
I heard of a factory supervisor who was constantly getting
sick and was diagnose of having the dangerous chemicals used in the production
of the product in his work place to be in his blood barely four month as a
worker in that position. He quit the job and even takes over three month to
have the chemicals totally out of his blood stream! Now do you consider the
effect of such on the technicians works directly with those chemicals and even
the operators, remember the man is just to supervise the production! Yes, the company
provides something to reduce the effect but surely it is not enough! An
incident occurred which makes the man to quit. There was a sudden death of a
worker, who just collapsed at the bus-stop on his way home after work, which is
one of the symptoms given to the man by the doctors treating him as terminal
signs of the effect of the chemicals.
Boss, it’s not about your profit, it’s about the
lives you save while still making the profit!
Be people oriented… be humane…
recognize the other important relationships in your workers life.
The best work teams are the best
company or corporation that treats its workers not as just workers but as HUMANS!
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| Pierre-Emile |
At an award ceremony where Pierre-Emile was a recipient of an
award he shared the good news about his father, whose initial diagnose was
pessimistic, as doctors now believe that he has a very good chance of
ridding his body of cancer!
Pep thumbs up
Bavarians Family
you did it
Up Humanity!
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