Climbing up the corporate ladder

An individual in general with / without a degree enters the corporate world as an executive / Trainee / Management Trainee and in some cases as an Intern. Once an individual enters the corporate world it’s similar to a bee hive.  Where every single person is committed to achieving a common goal in the corporate jargon commonly addressed as the “Vision” (The vision statement differs from one organization to another and this is one way of defining as to what business they are in).

When individuals Observe from the Bottom and the Middle of the organizational hierarchy they can clearly see the delegation of Workloads from the CEO to the executive ( CEO > MD > DIRECTORS > MANAGERS > EXECUTIVES / TRAINEES etc.) & when a certain person is in the seat of an executive they can clearly see the life lived by his / her manager / Directors. They tend to drive around in fancy cars , meeting stakeholders (clients / suppliers / press etc)  in 5/7 star hotels and flying 1^st class to countries almost every month while the executives in their seat crunches numbers , make presentations and do their  duties and responsibilities. 

Well the thing that the individual at the bottom of the organizational hierarchy does not see is the hidden meaning teamed up with job titles when climbing up the hierarchical ladder. Then as years go by and the executives eventually get promoted to Directors / CEO’s  they tend to realize along with maturity that there is more to it than driving around fancy cars , dining in five star hotels and flying 1^st class. When going up the ladder more the risk that Individuals have to face, Oh yeah you read it correctly “RISK”!

In simple what CEO’s / Directors does is something like organizing a concert: hence

·         Organization = Concert

·         CEO = Michael Jackson , Beyoncé , AC/DC

·         Directors = Musicians  

·         Mangers = event coordinators

·         Executives = Backstage crew

If something goes wrong with the cerography / lights / sounds which is handled by the backstage crew. it is not the crew but the singer / musicians or the CEO / Directors  who is going to be thrown raw eggs and tomatoes at. This applies in the corporate world as well the stakeholders will start blaming the Board of directors if something goes wrong with the company and not the staff involved in it!

And mind you even though a lot of individuals think the people at the top of the organizational higher achy live rosy lives the truth is they don’t. It takes ample hard work , Sleepless nights and a thing called innovation for an individual to reach that top level of an organizational hierarchy and that individual should  implement strategies to bring out the core-competencies in the whole organization in order to take the organization to the next level and achieve an competitive advantage.