[Column] Why Do Employees Depend Too Much on the President?

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This is because the value judgment criteria of the management are not instilled in the employees. It superficially resembles the separation of parents and children, but the parent-child relationship eventually evolves into mutually independent individuals. However, employees tend to be overly dependent on the president for too long. In a parent-child relationship, independence is fostered by teaching the adult standards of value judgment, behavior, and conduct. However, in small and medium-sized enterprises, there is a lack of ingenuity in transplanting the management's value judgment criteria to the employees. For example, when it comes to discussing management figures, many do not understand the meaning of the numbers and cannot utilize them. As a result, they distance themselves from the figures, and particularly in terms of cash flow, there are too many companies that are 100% dependent on the president. Because they do not know how to make judgments, they end up seeking the president's opinion. The ultimate decision-maker in the company is the management, and by having many employees understand the management's value judgment criteria, they will be able to make their own judgments. This will reduce their dependence on the president. It is not that employees in small and medium-sized enterprises lack ability and cannot do things; rather, it is simply that they have not done it before, which is why they cannot do it now. The abilities we ordinary people possess are not significantly different.

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