From an article in the Courier in February 2008:
The qualities of an ideal boss? Charisma, ability to motivation, confidence in the team. And a mix of humility and firmness, combined with a certain vision of the future. A little 'as Jesus, then, that according to a third of Italian employees, is the ideal model of the head at work.
Best of leaders, political and military leaders, who, by John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Napoleon, Julius Caesar Garibaldi, way in the top ten of the historical leaders. In second place was the prophet of non-violence Gandhi, who beat the revolutionary Che Guevara. E 'shown by a survey conducted by Accor Services, company that deals with innovative ways to combine welfare and productivity in the company (the famous Restaurant Ticket Compliments to the butler in the office) under an initiative called''The secret of success,''which involved more than 20,000 employees Italian, male and female, belonging to different business sectors, to elect the ideal garment. Surprisingly, Jesus literally beating their opponents, collecting as much as 35% of votes (in practice, one in three) and stands in second place much of Gandhi, stuck at 22.2%, and the third of Che Guevara (9.1 %). In short, three different types of revolutionaries led the rankings of the most beloved leaders. In short, Jesus in the office is undoubtedly the ideal garment. Curiously, as rated by Accor Services is not listed or no economic gurus of the business, and there are few political leaders also true. [...]
I found the excerpt of this article that dwell among some old papers on my desk and I could not help but think back to evangelical image that is particularly dear to me (and, believe me, almost daily source of inspiration professional): Christ kneeling in front of the apostles, intent on washing their feet. What a strong image and beautiful, right?
come from a decidedly secular family, and in some cases even openly anti-clerical, Yet as a child I felt an intense attraction to the figure of Jesus as a real historical figure and strikingly modern man. His action, then, following an interpretation is not conditioned by faith, is even more revolutionary and powerful God is certainly capable of infinitely generous and loving gesture, but man, how much can be claimed to yield to the service of his servants? In this sense, the charitable act of Jesus becomes an even stronger message against modernity and requires anyone who is named today to lead other men (and women, of course ...) to 'sacrifice' (in the etymological sense of 'do sacred ') and act only for their own good, with humility and a spirit of justice. But how many of us work very Managers following the Christian example? How we will still understand that our authorities will not be diminished need, but on the contrary it will be enhanced? And it's only a matter of authority ... or what is the Power which we aspire relamente behind the screen of a thousand good intentions?
for a level playing field, I conclude with a nice caption to the image above, taken from a book by an influential member of the Church. The conditions are different from mine, but they are identical in substance to the conclusions.
"Jesus' gesture is a gesture detector that tells us not only what Jesus has done, but what God is. And here we are facing a paradoxical mystery: Jesus manifests God 'as' in the service of Man. But if God is what he shows us of himself in what is at our service and if the Logos, which is the ultimate reason of all things, manifests itself as those who are totally at our disposal, then there is also revealed the way last of our existence, which is our total availability to others "
Carlo Maria Martini, The Gospel according to John, Rome (Borla), 212
On this theme, which I think is very current in a time when the economic situation and the market Labour are putting many workers in difficulty, I would like all readers, dealing with people like me in the business, engage in a sincere reflection and would lay in front of this as gospel in a peaceful attitude of self-evaluation.
If you like, is obviously more than welcome to share your thoughts here ...
The qualities of an ideal boss? Charisma, ability to motivation, confidence in the team. And a mix of humility and firmness, combined with a certain vision of the future. A little 'as Jesus, then, that according to a third of Italian employees, is the ideal model of the head at work.
Best of leaders, political and military leaders, who, by John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Napoleon, Julius Caesar Garibaldi, way in the top ten of the historical leaders. In second place was the prophet of non-violence Gandhi, who beat the revolutionary Che Guevara. E 'shown by a survey conducted by Accor Services, company that deals with innovative ways to combine welfare and productivity in the company (the famous Restaurant Ticket Compliments to the butler in the office) under an initiative called''The secret of success,''which involved more than 20,000 employees Italian, male and female, belonging to different business sectors, to elect the ideal garment. Surprisingly, Jesus literally beating their opponents, collecting as much as 35% of votes (in practice, one in three) and stands in second place much of Gandhi, stuck at 22.2%, and the third of Che Guevara (9.1 %). In short, three different types of revolutionaries led the rankings of the most beloved leaders. In short, Jesus in the office is undoubtedly the ideal garment. Curiously, as rated by Accor Services is not listed or no economic gurus of the business, and there are few political leaders also true. [...]
I found the excerpt of this article that dwell among some old papers on my desk and I could not help but think back to evangelical image that is particularly dear to me (and, believe me, almost daily source of inspiration professional): Christ kneeling in front of the apostles, intent on washing their feet. What a strong image and beautiful, right?
come from a decidedly secular family, and in some cases even openly anti-clerical, Yet as a child I felt an intense attraction to the figure of Jesus as a real historical figure and strikingly modern man. His action, then, following an interpretation is not conditioned by faith, is even more revolutionary and powerful God is certainly capable of infinitely generous and loving gesture, but man, how much can be claimed to yield to the service of his servants? In this sense, the charitable act of Jesus becomes an even stronger message against modernity and requires anyone who is named today to lead other men (and women, of course ...) to 'sacrifice' (in the etymological sense of 'do sacred ') and act only for their own good, with humility and a spirit of justice. But how many of us work very Managers following the Christian example? How we will still understand that our authorities will not be diminished need, but on the contrary it will be enhanced? And it's only a matter of authority ... or what is the Power which we aspire relamente behind the screen of a thousand good intentions?
for a level playing field, I conclude with a nice caption to the image above, taken from a book by an influential member of the Church. The conditions are different from mine, but they are identical in substance to the conclusions.
"Jesus' gesture is a gesture detector that tells us not only what Jesus has done, but what God is. And here we are facing a paradoxical mystery: Jesus manifests God 'as' in the service of Man. But if God is what he shows us of himself in what is at our service and if the Logos, which is the ultimate reason of all things, manifests itself as those who are totally at our disposal, then there is also revealed the way last of our existence, which is our total availability to others "
Carlo Maria Martini, The Gospel according to John, Rome (Borla), 212
On this theme, which I think is very current in a time when the economic situation and the market Labour are putting many workers in difficulty, I would like all readers, dealing with people like me in the business, engage in a sincere reflection and would lay in front of this as gospel in a peaceful attitude of self-evaluation.
If you like, is obviously more than welcome to share your thoughts here ...
