Sunday, April 4, 2010

You, Your Majesty

So, you're royalty? 

As an executive recruiter, I have encountered lots of professionals who acted and spoke of their employers as the one and only company capable of (fill in the blank), a league of their own, as unique or the last in a line of (fill in the blank). Their companies have actually done a great job at instilling a sense of royalty or sovereignty in them because of their high quality products or services. 

Maybe you don't aspire to be queen or king, but do focus on excellence and quality work to seek following and loyalty. That makes you a sovereign. You are attracted by companies or employers that seek to be number 1 in their areas, not by results alone, but, by the uniqueness of their product or service offering,  You and these companies also seek to set the standard, be the authority, the Oscars to Hollywood, the Pulitzer to journalists sort of speak.

I remember meeting someone working, not for a company, but THE company that manufactures the balls used by the Major League Baseball teams (MLB). To him, a die-hard baseball fan, his company is royalty (despite being such small  niche).  I agree that, within that category, the company rules.

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