Elon Musk and Donald Trump have a troubled relationship, sometimes understanding each other about some issues, sometimes having a disagreement over others, in a fight between egos where who wins is the one who has the most power. And even if we are talking about the president of the United States, Musk is not far behind when it comes to having influence, so much so that it was Trump himself who called him to be the head of the government efficiency department.
In addition, being the owner of the x (old Twitter), Musk was able to perform a positive feat for Trump’s presidential campaign on social media, causing information to reach a gigantic number of users. data of Associated Press They reveal that the billionaire spent about $200 million in support of the current president, which we may consider a clear conflict of interests, but that is history for another text.
While speculation about his possible departure from the government is going on, I stop to reflect on his actions at that time. Leaving aside the controversies and controversies to analyze only the professional part, I consider that Musk can be a fundamental part of any management. but why? He is a person who has a lot of focus and clarity where he wants to go, working mainly for results, and managing to deliver them.
I believe that this is the ideal way for any employee to work in a company, regardless of their role. Elon Musk has been in different companies and has worked in different segments, acquiring knowledge and experience to achieve a greater and better view of each situation, managing to bring efficiency in the face of adversity, such as the mass dismissal that he promoted in the x.
In this sense, I think that he may have hard skills That highlight it, in addition to having a vision that the error serves as a learning experience and that the challenge can drive to go further. After all, Elon Musk ended the ‘meme’ that the rocket does not go backwards, as it managed to put this action into practice in the spacex. that is, it is a storyline that makes his actions generate value over time, through competence.
Here I am not defending or judging, but exposing as some attitudes of this A figure, which generates so much controversy, can be useful in a management. Of course, Elon Musk makes mistakes and one of the worst, for me, was when he asked all employees to send a list of his weekly achievements by email. This action went over any hierarchy, disrespecting people in general.
Every company must learn to work with confidence, otherwise there will be no progress. There are other ways to get to know how the work of each member of the team is impacting and generating results for the company, not taking people by surprise. Leadership needs to be attentive to be able to guide in the best way, directing it to where they should go. He needed to get the results, did he consider requesting a normal process for each leadership? Would it have the answers in time?
In more serious situations, energetic action is necessary, where it is sometimes more important to send a message than the action itself. This is the responsibility of the leadership to apply when it deems appropriate. I don’t think we have elements to judge whether it was appropriate or necessary. There’s a lot that happens behind the curtains. But we need to learn from these situations, whether to apply them in our context, or to decide, definitely, that is not the case.
