How to Run a Company

When running a corporation most Presidents know that best way to do so is to be hands on, know your company and industry, and have a good rapport with your subordinates. At Phoenix Building Solutions, Tom Hennings came into the role as President and COO from the plastics and automotive industry. Phoenix was a modular construction company. How does one who spends their entire career in the plastics industry working around injection molds, jump into architecture and construction? The answer is very simple Tom's wife is an interior designer as is his daughter, and he has another daughter that went to college for architecture. Since his family was in the design business Tom considered himself an expert at design and construction. 

When it came to being hands on within the company Tom Hennnings certainly was that, as he constantly tried to micro-manage every facet of the corporation; that is when he was at the facility. Tom tried to instructed purchasing, manufacturing, sales, engineering, marketing, and even the receptionist how to do their jobs. He just could not let a single person with the experience and knowledge, do their job the way it was suppose to be done. Thankfully, Tom choose to only work one day a week, and that was usually on Monday or Tuesday.

When came to fostering good rapport with his employees Tom Hennings lacked severely in this area, as he was despised by almost all within the company except for select few who choose to gravel at his feet sucking for a raise in wages. The common reason for most employees to dislike this man was his rude, and dishonest behavior. Tom would not speak to most employees unless they spoke to him, and if he disliked you, he would not even look at you. Tom had an overbearing and demanding personality which encapsulated a man that was always correct and never made mistake in his life. He would lie to your face, and twist your words in conversations with others to get results or answers he wished to hear. His rudeness went beyond his verbal gestures to the way he treated his environment. Tom would eat lunch, leave his trash, or dirty dishes for his employees to dispose of. What is even worse was Tom's bathroom habits, as the man would constantly stop up the toilet, and even defecate on the seat. Tom never made any attempts to unplug or clean the toilet, instead the employees that entered the restroom would discover the bonus left by the President of Phoenix. Shouldn't we all feel so special if ever receive such a bonus from a corporate President.