Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Never Gain Any Industry or Competitor Knowledge

 


Never Gain Any Industry or Competitor Knowledge

By Dr. Tom DePaoli

 

More Boogeyman Leader stories see my book on Amazon, Boogeyman Leadership

 

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.

https://www.amazon.com/author/tomdepaoli    = Dr. Tom’s Amazon author’s page

http://www.apollosolutions.us  = website of Apollo Solutions his business

drtombooks.com  = more information on Dr. Tom’s books

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dr-thomas-depaoli/0/736/6b3/  = LinkedIn home page

 

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