Learning Reflection

In today’s class, we watched a video about the way how a fish market can become world famous place. In the video the manager talked about how at the beginning he was a very different manager. His employees knew he was the boss. But this fish market had to turn around and make new changes in order to survive. I think that in any type of company, every manager needs to look at the way his or her strategy is working and make any necessary changes. In the video, they talked about how changes take time to see the results. Some of the key factors that the fish market’s manager applied in his management skills are to trust his employees, treat them as people and not as numbers, and have every employee coach everyone.

This video made me think on the previous jobs I have had before. The place where I worked were good places to work and my coworkers liked to work there. Why? Because of the way my bosses worked with us. He or she trusted us with the job, we had a fun and friendly environment where we worked and we respected each other. Being in a friendly environment, I believe every employee will give it their best at what they do, and the company can become one of the top.

It is hard to work in a place where the boss of the company is very strict and he or she is always right. Nobody would want to work in a place like that. Taking a change, making a shift in the management style, and doing it with a purpose can make a great difference in the way people work. I think that believing in what you are doing with your company and knowing that you want your company to succeed it takes hard work, but in the end it will be worth it.