Skeletons

Every company has skeletons. These are usually kept tightly locked in the closet. They're the unspoken, hidden agendas that most top managers have. The problem is, they haunt the organization, either limiting action, or compelling action, often inappropriately.

Common skeletons have to do with real or imagined inadequacies. Skeleton owners think like this:

• I never graduated from my MBA course.
• I haven't a clue how to market our line of digital haymakers.
• I simply can't understand social media and don't want to.
• I hate the business but am afraid to be seen as unsuccessful.
• I have to pay my family back the million dollars I borrowed to fake this lifestyle.
• I shaded the truth to head office about our sales projections, and got promoted.
• Even the CFO says our stock is seriously overvalued.
• We know we have a product defect, but we're hoping it won't be found out.
• My spiritual beliefs prevent me from intervening in this situation.
• That clique of three VPs is really running things around here.

Pragmos will work with you to open the closet, see how such skeletons affect your business, and help you decide what to do with it.