Never Gain Any Industry or Competitor
Knowledge
By Dr. Tom DePaoli
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Boogeyman leader tactic: Never gain
any industry or competitor knowledge. Insist this is a waste of time and
discourage any team members from getting more knowledgeable of your
competition.
We had
a boss who did not know any of our competitors or their competing products. He
mocked them as second rate and not worth understanding or studying. Within a
year we lost twenty percent of our market share and experienced major layoffs.
Dr. Tom DePaoli, (Dr. Tom) is currently an
independent management consultant, the Principal of Apollo Solutions, which
does general business consulting in the human resources, supply chain and lean
six sigma areas. His organization was self-founded in 1995. He retired as a
Captain from the Navy Reserve. In other civilian careers, he was a supply chain
and human resources executive with corporate purchasing turnaround experience
and lean six sigma deployments. He has worked for over ten major companies and
consulted for over fifty organizations throughout his career. Some of his
consulting projects include: information systems projects, re-engineering
organizations, transformation, e-procurement, e-commerce, change management, global
sourcing and negotiating. His industry experience is in the chemical, paper,
pharmaceutical, IT, automotive, government, consumer, equipment, services and
consulting industries. He has been published extensively in journals, magazines
and books. He is the author of eleven books all available on Amazon. He has instructed at six education facilities
in numerous roles. He is active in
supporting the YMCA, Wounded Warrior, and the prevention of the bullying of
children.
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