CAN COMPANIES REALLY BE LUCKY?

Have you ever looked at a company and said they are lucky?

Well this was a brought up in a discussion that we were having sometime recently. Looking around, it surely appears like the obvious answer is yes, most definitely. Right now 5 names can come to your mind without much thinking.

We are looking at companies whose success story reads like it has been taken directly out of a story book, companies which performed when everyone else thought they were about to close shop, or companies which started so small (in dormitories, bedrooms, garages) and right now they play in the big league

"There is no luck in business" This statement does sound reckless, rash, bold and outright foolhardy but in my opinion, true to a great extent

"Lucky companies" all have something in common, good leadership. A good leader, just like a sports team captain has to rely on very healthy amounts of motivation. This has to be distributed in equal measure to staff members. They have to find a way of bringing out the very best in their teams, to inspire in the worst situations. These leaders also have very loyal teams, who find purpose in what they do, a reason to go to work, not just to earn a paycheck. Most importantly, that they are part of a greater course

These leaders also rely on gut instinct, and sometimes failing through it, but this does not weigh them down, rather it is a way of learning one way of not doing something. Sometimes it means giving it your all, knowing that you have nothing to loose anyway. Remember the champions league final, liverpool-ac milan?

Debatable, but true

On a side note, I have never really been a great fan of tusker project fame until recently, when one lady, Doreen, christened the purple diva has delighted and irritated in many ways. This 'diva' does not even have nine lives, rather, almost 20. It makes great viewing to watch, and I have seen emotions whirled up so much with others switching off the tv in the process

I admire her and would like her to go much further, after all, aren't individuals, like businesses, "lucky???"