Disruptions in the Workplace

When the workplace is disrupted by a new owner and changes are made, much of the time is spent firing or letting go of good workers. They are replaced by the new owners team. There are financial changes too. Salaries are increased and because of their own personal reasons, some of the old staff remains.

The infrastructure is shuffled around and a new infrastructure is established. Influenced by their own past and beliefs, the new owners intentions are two-fold. One is to abide by the new rules or leave and two is to follow the path of the new integration and to make others believe that growth is the bottom line.

Actually, the revenue is the bottom line and the workers are far removed from the company's transparency. The workers are only told what the upper echelon wants them to know.

Today, we are infiltrated by everything from acts of overt and covert behaviors to neglectful and improper behaviors. From politics to injustices in everyday life, there is a great loss of respect. The arrogance of those who believe they are knowledgeable and are denying their lack of experience are often in leadership positions. When are we going to come to our senses and stop promoting those who lack skills as leaders.

The workers who have the experience and knowledge are often ridiculed as though they are new to their positions. This is one disruption that forces the truly skilled to apply for other positions. The change in personnel that occurs is often distracting to the staff and causes the hiring of less than qualified personnel.  I would ask the CEO's of companies to hire those who will increase the growth and have knowledge and experience, not those still in training pants. Stability needs to be the key word. CEO's who reactively hire those they like instead of looking at how they would fit with the staff are just causing themselves more stress.

How does one monitor other workers when the unskilled are responsible for that task? At this point, we have experienced workers who literally are frustrated and insulted by the lack of a supervisor's knowledge. Where is the supervisor who listens and learns?

Granted there are errors made by workers, but diplomacy can only build a good relationship. If supervisors are new to the position, have them build relationships, not act like tyrants.

Look at the supervisor's mode of operation and check out the behaviors that will inevitably cause problems. Sometimes the new supervisor needs to carefully identify his/her inadequate behavior.


Good leadership begins at the top and if that is not happening, look for another position. Leaders can run into walls of steel if actions are not planned diligently and precisely. One can be blindsided quickly by not thinking ahead and how it affects the staff when you make reactive decisions. Arrogance and the belief that you are God's gift to the world has its repercussions.