The Office?

Sometimes there are always something to write on this blog. But this week yours truly have been busy writing a report in the office that at the end of each day felt really drained out.

When having lunch with colleagues today prior to the Friday prayer, we were talking about who makes the best boss. In my career, I have several bosses. First was a Brit, then a Nigerian, a Malay, Dutch, a Brit again, German, Dutch, American, Dutch, Brit, Brit, Dutch, Brit and finally a French. All have different characters. Some are more aggressive or direct than others. Some are quite diplomatic. Some are like a friend. There is no clear winner. Everyone has their own styles. It's down to individuals how they adjust to the change in the work or management style.

This goes to the bigger picture like what is the best system to run a country. Democracy seems to work in the West but definitely not something that is going to readily work in developing or less politically matured societies. In the end it's down to the elected leaders on how they conduct their new reponsibilities and power. Unfortunately in some cases, what initially are really decent and responsible person, with the new found power and wealth, they began to plunder rather than develop their countries. There are many examples of these in Asia and particularly so in Africa.

What is now hot in the news are similar people in power but sitting in offices of big corporations. These are the corporate bosses of banks and industrial conglomerates who are getting huge paychecks and excessive amounts of bonuses. They are currently being maimed in the press for their pay excesses and using their corporate positions in abusing their privileges. To me these highly intellectual people are no different to the corrupt leaders of some countries - power and wealth seem to drastically change people's attitude.