The Fallacy of Power
Loading ...The Satyam fiasco almost sent the stock market tumbling with the shock, and wiped off the assets of many unsuspecting investors, who had belief in the company and its integrity. Sadly, its integrity was also linked to Ramalinga Raju, whose greed and antics, as we are aware off has been the root cause behind the debacle.
History has been abundant with examples where corrupt and unscrupulous heads of organisations have manipulated and maneuvered organizations to their whims and fancies. Not fanciful though, is the way eventually for such individuals is downhill.
Power paves way for a lot of things, and opens a lot of doors for you, but with power also comes responsibility. When the wielders of power forget their purpose, responsibility and are intoxicated by the excesses of their position, comes the beginning of the end for them.
Men or women intoxicated by power tower their ego above the prevailing reality, and are oblivious to their own conscience. In their pursuit of more power, and wealth, they leave a trail of destruction behind.
Can one contain these megalomaniacs? Yes, after all they aren’t created, they are bred. Organisations shouldn’t make individuals ultimately responsible or authoritative for their key functions. It also helps to have a counter force within to check individuals who stray, before they get out of hand, and before it’s too late. Sycophancy should also get curtailed as a culture within organizations, as they implicitly fuel this despotic behaviour.
Power in the right hands can make a lot of difference not only to well-being of the organisation, but also the society at large, unless one revels under its fallacy.
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Responsive and responsible; Sensitive and sensible; it is these virtues that can take the organization and the country forward; sadly India produced very few entrepreneurs with these traits. I see only Tatas!
a well writen post Arun.. if only the so called leaders were magnanimous enough to accept that they can make mistakes..
Indeed power is nothing but responsibility….