"My way or the highway" is a bit much, but new employees at visionary companies either get on board with core ideologies or leave.
- [Narrator] Blink number six.…The visionary organizations are almost cult-like.…New recruits either thrive or leave.…Visionary organizations pursue their core ideology…so single-mindedly that their corporate cultures…are almost cult-like.…For example, new employees quickly find themselves…socializing primarily with their colleagues…and they are encouraged to be secretive…about the inner workings of their companies.…Employees often become completely immersed…in the core ideology.…
Consider IBM, for example,…where future managers in training would rise…and sing songs from an IBM song book.…♪ Mark Job with IBM ♪…♪ Work hard hand in hand ♪…Similarly, the Walt Disney Company expected its employees…to live and breathe its core ideology…of wholesome family fun.…For example, men with facial hair were not accepted…as employees in theme parks…and anyone heard uttering a four letter word…in the presence of Walt Disney himself…was fired immediately, no exceptions.…
There's not much room in visionary companies…for people who do not meet…
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3/4/2019
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Video: Visionary organizations