By Anthony Williams
Action of leaders to Drive and Sustain Organizational Change Leaders who see the vision of the possibilities of any change must be internally driven to accomplish the objective. Because, the path to obtaining the objective may not be appealing to others since it will be out of their norm, and comfort zone. As such, the task of driving change will be a difficult one (Quinn, 1996). Leaders must be active participants of change. In doing so, leaders should take the time to learn about the objective. Leaders must Walking-the-Talk One cannot walk-the-talk if he or she has no knowledge of what the end goal is. Then leaders need to teach their organization (down-line, or affiliates) what is required of them. As well as, articulate how any pending change/s will affect the organization as a whole; with a focus on affiliates. The line of communication between affiliates and company managers must remain open. And, leaders must walk-the-talk. As well, leaders’ verbiage should be one that express ownership of the organizational change (Nadler, 1998). By Anthony Williams
Gold the Real Money From ancient Egypt to modern times gold has been the metal of the day. For centuries gold was the monetary system. In America, gold was the bases of and the main currency as late as 1971. That year was when the gold standard was taken away by President Nixon. Under the gold standard the economy flourished at an unprecedented rate. So what exactly was the gold standard? The gold standard was a monetary system which had a standard amount of paper known as an economic unit that was based on a specific quantity of gold. In other words, the gold had given the paper its value. The paper was only good because of the gold backing it. Paper as a liter easier to carry tool was to be exchangeable for gold on demand. This is no longer the case. Gold retains most of its Value over Time As stated at the beginning, gold as currency has been accepted for thousands of years. Gold is the one thing that retains most of its value over time. Thus, the gold specie standard, bullion is a result of that fact! According to Bordo, M. D. (n.d.) “between 1880 and 1914, the period when the United States was on the “classical gold standard,” inflation averaged only 0.1 percent per year” (p.1). |