Elon Musk's Storm on Twitter Makes the Headlines This Week
His transparency is the only thing we can appreciate about his tactics.
It's been some rough weeks for Twitter's employees since Elon Musk assumed the CEO role in a $44 billion deal.
Whether it was working from home or employees' loyalty, Elon Musk challenged everything. He instilled fear in people. About half of Twitter's employees were laid off by Musk at the beginning of November. He delivered an ultimatum to the remaining employees this week, asking them whether or not they would invest their time in rebuilding Twitter.
He was surprised to see Twitter employees quitting in droves.
I was so shocked and impressed by what happened to these employees that I wrote several stories this week about workplace toxicity and narcissistic management styles. See below for a sneak peek. 🔥👇🏼
Can Musk Afford to Lose $44bn Due to Sunk-cost Fallacy?
Elon Musk is not even unpredictable anymore with his impulsivity. Knowing him already from different media headlines, the man is a sucker for publicity. He doesn’t care if it’s good or bad as long as he’s in the spotlight.
And in the spotlight, he is these days, sealing the fate of Twitter. He’s even admitting it in this tweet (which he deleted) he made on Thursday just in time for the deadline he gave the remaining employees after the first rounds of lay-offs to decide whether they will leave or stay, agreeing by this to intense working hours and pledging loyalty to someone as unpredictable as him.
Musk Is a Narcissistic Control Freak — that’s Why.
I am not breaking the news by saying Musk is a character. The remarkably intelligent guy leveraged his mental disorder to become the billionaire he is today. The ability to do that is a skill many of us do not and will never possess. Speaking about turning things around.
It has been common for narcissistic leaders to emerge and disappear from the business world. Risk-takers and narcissists are willing to take on challenging tasks. Narcissistic characteristics are often found in the most successful CEOs of the modern business world — Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs. Through their combination of confidence and risk-taking, these CEOs achieved phenomenal success. Elon Musk, however, took narcissism to an entirely new level.
How to Deal with Exponential Organisational Change in 3 Simple Steps
There is a tendency for newly installed management to dislike senior employees. Despite their experience and potential to positively contribute to change if given the opportunity, they are considered old-fashioned, biased, and resistant to change.
It seems that organisational changes, however, generally result in the relegation of such employees. In most cases, management doesn’t care about their opinions; they usually want them out of their way. As a result, senior employees must make decisions about things they can control when that occurs. Regardless of their tenure, when a major company-wide change is initiated, they cannot influence it.
If your company is transitioning through massive organizational change, here are three simple steps you can take as a senior employee.
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