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Message from the Meltdown

Message from the Meltdown

We've all been pondering our country's financial meltdown and wondering: How could this happen? Here's my take. I'm not a financial guy. My analysis comes through the lens of understanding how human dynamics affects how things do and/or don't get accomplished. At the risk of dating myself (again), I'm reminiscing about a parody from my childhood, Alan Sherman's Camp Granada and his description of summer camp conflict.

All the counselors hate the waiters. And the lake has alligators" - Parody Performer Allan Sherman from Camp Granada (link to lyrics)

I don't know if this makes me a counselor or a waiter. I admit to being one of those people who's able to get things done despite the rules, not because of them. When I have encountered people of the opposite persuasion, I admit to occasionally losing my patience and naturally finding ways to circumvent these highly compliant, regulation loving types. I'd prefer not to work with those who I consider bottlenecking naysayers. I suspect that the feelings are mutual.

And so it was with those highly educated financiers who developed a creative new product they called Credit Default Swaps. These financial instruments were designed to indemnify the shaky, shell game sub-prime mortgage products that investment bankers also created. As I understand it (more from this CBS 60 Minutes clip), Credit Default Swaps were represented to be "like" insurance policies while designed to avoid the scrutiny of the highly regulated insurance industry. Unlike insurance policies, there are no reserves created to pay the claims. Now those claims are due and taxpayers are footing the bill for this Enron Déjà Vu.

Lessons for Rule Benders and Breakers: New Tolerance for Style Diversity

We say this about both customers and the opposite gender: Can't live with 'em and can't live without 'em. Now that we've again see what can happen when the rule breakers prevail without restraint, perhaps we should add those highly compliant rule mongers to the "can't live without 'em" category.

Wherever your sympathies might side in the ongoing case of Rule Lovers vs. Rule Breakers, try to think of it in the same light as customers vs. suppliers or men vs. women. Despite some inherent conflict, we need to improve our tolerance and understanding of each other and find ways to work together. What better example do we need than a global financial meltdown?





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(Visit Tom's Website) Tom Lemanski is President of Vista Development, a strategic development firm in metropolitan Chicago Illinois. As a Business Catalyst and Executive Coach, Tom works with executives in growth orientated organizations to help them to overcome their internal obstacles to growth and achievement. He has recently launched a new site Executive Talent Assessments with new resources for making more informed hiring and promotion decisions.

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