Can A Business Still Be Profitable When People Skills Are Absent?

 In our current world of rapid and amazing technological
advances, many entrepreneurs have managed to dramatically limit
the need for staff in highly profitable operations of all kinds.

It is therefore tempting and believable to imagine that with
every passing day, the need for people skills is diminishing. In
fact most entrepreneurs are convinced that one no longer
requires people skills to run a highly profitable enterprise.
After all technology can do it all for you.

This is both an unfortunate and inaccurate view that can cause a
great deal of trouble.

While it is true that technology has resulted in much leaner
staffed enterprises, the truth of the matter is that businesses
still need people. They need people to run the technology and
more importantly to make important decisions that will impact on
the company and its products and services for years to come.

Although the numbers have drastically been reduced, the role of
workers and staff in companies has dramatically risen in
importance. The fact that you have fewer people running a
multi-million dollar operation means that human checks and
balances are virtually non-existent. So in effect you will need
more reliable and dedicated staff members. There is no way you
can achieve this without actively promoting people skills in
your organization.

It is actually scary that much more power has been put in the
hands of fewer people. Meaning that disillusioned and
unmotivated workers can cause great damage to any enterprise if
they choose to throw a monkey wrench in the works.

While a business may at first seem to be hugely successful and
profitable, even without the active promotion and nurturing of
people skills, this is definitely not a situation that can be
sustained for long.

The correct long-term approach would be to actively nurture
people skills in the top echelons of the business and to promote
active staff participation in the management and operations of
the business. Nurturing highly motivated workers who will
actively contribute creative ideas for improvement in the
enterprise is an investment that will pay big for years to come
for any management team that makes the effort.

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