What happens when an organization IS the person who runs it, when the personality and character of the leader becomes the personality and character of the company. The success that a strong, charismatic leader brings to a company can be tied directly to that person. I think of the CEO of my organization, John Chambers, when I think of this concept. He is so intelligent and visionary and has grown the organization exponentially since he took over. I cannot imagine what the company will be without him. If he were to ever leave I can almost guarantee that the stock would drop, at least until a new leader came in and proved their self to be close to as great as Chambers is.
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Reading your comment about the CEO of your company brought memories to my heart. I believe I have already used my ex Director as an example of strong leadership, personality, honesty, and all other positive characteristics you can imagine. You are absolutely right. Whenever there is someone so charismatic in control. all these amazing characteristics are automatically linked to the image of the company.
When this wonderful Director left the company I used to work for, many people decided to leave as well, because they did not believe that could be anything better than the prior charismatic leadership. The company is still solid, but the environment is not the same anymore. I believe it can be similar, but never how it used to be. As a matter of fact, I took it in consideration when I left this company two years later.
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