WHY SOUNDTRACKS OF MANAGEMENT BLOG ?

WHY SOUNDTRACKS OF

MANAGEMENT BLOG ?

http://soundtracksofmanagement.blogspot.com

EVERY MANAGEMENT STORY IS

A BEAUTIFUL SOUNDTRACK

In a way, every sad management story is a beautiful Schindler soundtrack and every successful corporate saga is a Hungarian rhapsody of management in excellence.

THE MITSUBISHI RISE FROM DUST TO DAZZLING HEIGHTS - THE LESSONS FOR MANAGEMENT

Weeks after bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Americans moved in to Tokyo.

General Douglas MacArthur was placed in charge of the occupation of Japan.

He worked from what is today the Daiichi Seimei Building.

In 1946 a group of American lawyers, overseen by MacArthur, drew up the Showa constitution, which abolished feudalism, demilitarised Japan and pushed the country towards democracy.

Large trading firms, including Mitsui and Mitsubishi, were broken up.

Mitsubishi rubble after the bombs were dropped by the US on Nagasaki

The unparalleled rise of Mitsubishi after the Great War from rubble to resounding success ----- though it was bombed twice during the nuclear holocaust ----- is the the biggest lesson in management and the best of it.

EVERY MANAGER CAN BE A MACARTHUR

Why I link soundtracks, especially that Jerry Goldsmith's 'MacArthur, The Rebel General (1977)' to management is simple.

Just look at this track listing:
Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith
Released in: 1977

Country: United States
Also known as: MacArthur, The Rebel General (1977)

Track listing
1. MacArthur March (Main Title) (02:48 )
2. I Shall Return (03:57)
3. The Treaty (02:34)
4. The Tunnel (02:35)
5. Statistics (03:03)
6. Stand By (02:04)
7. A Last Gift (02:22)
8. New Era (03:25)
9. The Landing (03:40)
10. The Minefield (02:30)
11. I Bid You Farewell / MacArthur March (04:20)

Total Duration: 33 minutes:18 seconds

EVERY MANAGER IS AN ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR

A Manager is Like An Orchestra Conductor ----- A Douglas MacArthur conducting the symphony of a great battle!

A Carolina Morning News article notes, "A small business owner is like a conductor of an orchestra, providing the guidance for employees".

This article focuses on the tool the small business owner (or any other manager) uses to conduct the business "symphony".

A music conductor has a baton; the manager uses a control system tailored to the business.

The soundtracks give seasoned insights into how a management can be effective or ineffective or how a management plot can become a success or not.

They show how leaders can do or die or how brilliant middle management cadre can develop the theme into a stunning culmination of corporate success.

The soundtracks guidepost the best managers and stellar performers how problems arise and how they can be fought tooth and nail.

SOUNDTRACKS GIVE YOU THE SIXTH SENSE

Similarly, the management lessons learnt during the organizational experience are more poignantly sketched through relevant soundtracks if one develops the intuition to listen them, read into them, comprehend and apply the solutions to fight issues that plague companies worldwide.

It's like seeing a solution in the dreams and applying the same later in one's daily life.

When problems become severe, they bother a lot and are often reflected through the sub-conscious in the form of vivid dreams.

The dreams themselves hint at solutions that work best amid impossible scenarios.

THE SYMPHONY OF MANAGEMENT

The interface of the musicians with the conductor is similar in many ways to the relationship between an organization and its leaders.

The conductor may be viewed, for example, as a CEO or team leader, and the instrumental families (strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion) may be business units or teams. Together, they find the best solutions for working together and producing an effective outcome.

The business leaders are "in the pit" alongside the orchestra where they observe first-hand the orchestra members interacting with their conductor.

The orchestra program animates the business people and gets them involved. They learn by doing.

The conductor leads the orchestra incorrectly, then not at all.

Finally, he leads them correctly and they produce fine music.

What a pleasant, and effective, way to learn these important business lessons of leadership, communication, and teamwork!

SOUNDTRACKS ARE A HIGH-IMPACT LEARNING EXPERIENCE

What do you want from your next important meeting—understanding of a key business strategy, clarity of performance objectives, unity around a new mission, enhanced teamwork, or agreement on a common direction?

This blog is a one-of-a-kind, meeting "event" that will help many major companies, leading financial institutions, and global consulting firms achieve the outcomes desired from their important meetings.

With a symphony orchestra presented as a metaphor for an organization, this truly original and effective learning experience can help you and your organization achieve the results you want.

This blog will be a high-impact learning experience, a powerful personal and team journey, and exciting instructional entertainment.

Among the many valuable benefits, the viewers and readers are able to achieve the reinforcement of key strategic messages, build momentum for addressing critical issues through a shared experience, clarify strategies that may seem too vague or complex, and provide executives with a safe environment for rethinking their assumptions and behaviors.

WHAT THIS BLOG MEANS TO MANAGERS

My blog provides a highly memorable group experience that generates fresh insights long after any business meeting is over, and lessons that become part of the organization's dialogue and culture.

In this blog of mine http://soundtracksofmanagement.blogspot.com

I hope to take you through the myriad lanes of organizations journey to enterprise distinction and the beaten tracks their local shadow outfit follows with nebulous ideas and makeshift plans.

Through these lanes, you should be wise enough to pick up the leads and follow the footprints to the destination you decided or someone else has decided for you.

Let me start by saying

"Adaptability is not all you need to succeed; it is inherently reactive and relies on luck.

Strategy is what you need-and if you don't have one, you will become part of someone else's."

------- Tom Johnson, Toffler Associates and Alan White, MIT

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