Some friendly advice to executives on the move
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Motivation
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Advice
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| 1. You have been asked to resign. | Find out what brought this about. There may be some room for improvement in your manner or performance. |
| 2. You have decided to quit for having been by-passed at promotion. | Think it over. Any display of emotion will only make your antagonists feel justified for not having given you a chance. |
| 3. You have decided to quit, for your company is doing badly, and offers no perspectives. | Think it over. Conditions may change overnight, even though you don`t see at the moment how this could happen. |
| 4. You have decided to quit due to human friction. | Think it over. Maybe it is your personality that needs a little brushing up. |
| 5. You have decided to quit due to disagreement on managerial policy. | Think it over. Maybe the other party is right. |
| 6. You have decided to quit in order to look for a better paying job. | Think it over. You may be overrating you market value. Perhaps a slight reduction in your standard of living would be a better solution. |
| 7. You have decided to quit for having received a challenging offer. | Think it over twice. Businessmen have been known to lead their best friends into traps as a matter of expediency. And as for intermediaries, remember, they do it for the money. |
| 8. You have decided to quit for family reasons (climatic change, better educational opportunities for the children, living closer to the in-laws, etc.). | You have thought it over. You feel, you have no choice. O.K. make your move. Hopefully, you won`t be sorry for ever having started a family. |
| 9. You have decided to quit, because you want to be in business on your own. | Congratulations. After all, the odds are somewhat better than in the lottery. All you need is an extraordinary product, an extraordinary supply of capital, and an extraordinary degree of frustration-tolerance. Anyway, you are probably beyond advice. |
This contribution is based on fifty years of experience
with executives on the move.
(Published in one of the Annual Directories of the American Chamber of
Commerce, São Paulo)
A.H. FUERSTENTHAL, Ph.D.
Behavioral Science Consultant to Management.
