11-29-2016, 12:36 AM
(11-28-2016, 12:26 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Many times when you have management teams that have been together for years, you get 'groupthink' where everyone starts to think similar and outsiders with differing views aren't brought in.
It's probably no coincidence that guys like Lewis, Alexander, and Zampese have been here for years. They're not viewed as a threat to the current management structure.
Especially when the front office is littered with members of the Brown family, most of whom never work anywhere else. It reminds me of a mortgage company I used to do business with. The current owner started dating the founder's daughter in college and went to work there right after graduating. After 15 years, the father in law wanted to retire and sold it to his son in law (the daughter never worked). The son in law has actually gotten rid of many of the original management structure and replaced them with his own team. The guy has never worked anywhere else in his life, does not have any outside experience, and literally does not know what he does not know. Any of the people who had outside experience, and differing opinions, are now gone and the company is faltering. In a record breaking mortgage year, they are on pace to do almost a billion less than last year.
You need people who will tell you "no", people who have outside experiences and know other ways of doing things.
