Signs and Symptoms of a Sick Company.

9 ways to know when a company is sick and needs urgent attention.

These include when:

1. It is becoming normal to make promises and not fulfill them
2. Emphasis on following orders is beginning to override the need to take initiatives and prioritize disruption “when absolutely necessary”
3. The gap between welfare for lower cadre staff and management and high level staff is as wide as the margin between the ruling class and the ordinary Nigerian
4. Corporate discipline is non-existent or is in consistently declining state — Fairness in judgment is a matter of prejudice (favouritism, nepotism and all what not…)

5. The company habitually sacrifices current best practices on the altar of outdated methods

6. It disdains new hires on the basis of their inexperience without any recourse to their freshness, creativity and irreverence which most often has the capacity for bringing about breakthrough ideas

7. Prudent spending is given lesser priority and accountability is now a strange word

8. Comfort and satisfaction with the status quo has become more preferable to taking healthy risks

9. It has become a usual practice to hoard information

Best always…