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This CEO has read the ‘riot act’ and made it pellucid that gone are the days for excuses
Dear Editor,
I have read a letter captioned, ‘CEO of GuySuCo has been a failure’ in the Kaieteur News supposedly by one E. Joseph in which he or she claimed that, ‘This isn’t about personal attack; this is about accountability and truth’.
Let’s set the records straight. It is not about ‘personal attack’ yet he did just that in his letter. He claimed that the CEO is ‘incompetent…and failed spectacularly both on and off the field and should be removed’.
The writer claimed to be writing from a ‘position of knowledge’ yet he gave not even an iota of this ‘knowledge’ he so possessed so that the readers can make an educated and informed decision about his credibility. Is the removal of the CEO the panacea for all GUYSUCO’s problems? Is this the solution which his ‘knowledge’ permits him? The real problem is about accountability versus excuses.
He further claimed that the CEO did not manage his own business well but failed to provide for the readers any evidences, yet this is not ‘personal’. Then despite the vast experience in business and cane farming, in addition to his professional academic achievements, the writer is concluding that his appointment is ‘reward for the boys’ and all one needs is to ‘align with the party line, wear the red shirt, and you’re rewarded at the country and corporation’s expense’. Only recently the Coalition manifested this propensity yet no one complained. Yet again this is not personal, but according to the writer the CEO’s only qualification is ‘wearing a red shirt’. This means that any qualified person within the Party should not be appointed to any position since that will be ‘rewarding’ the boys.
The writer contradicted himself later down in his letter when he concluded that, ‘Maybe I would give and take if the person was suitably qualified for the post in this scenario’ referring to another appointment.
In my introduction to this letter, I stated that, the writer claimed that his letter is about accountability and truth’. Therefore, he must and should be aware that the mantra of the CEO is accountability and truth and I do think that in enforcing this he rubbed some people the ‘wrong’. They simply do not want to be held accountable but persist in making excuses for everything under the sun (or rain). Let me thus explain the difference between accountability and excuse.
Accountability is about giving a reason or reasons which acknowledges what happened and accepts the outcome while and excuse tries to minimize or remove personal responsibility. A reason explains and accepts which often lead to action or solution while an excuse justifies or tries to ‘get out’ of a consequence that could have been avoided. For too long there has been a litany of excuses from all levels of management which only serve to mask or hide incompetence. This CEO has read the ‘riot act’ and made it pellucid that gone are the days for excuses. Accountability must be accepted for poor yield, poor BGI, poor planting and crop husbandry, poor harvesting and the myriad of factors which affect cost and production. Some are upset about this and felt that excuses should suffice. The time has come for all strata of management must be held accountable if targets are to be achieved within the budgetary allocations and costs are controlled effectively and mines spent economically.
In conclusion, for too long management is allowed to develop a culture of complacency and the time has come to change this debilitating culture. I invite this letter writer to visit the estates and make an informed decision rather than depending of his ‘trusted contacts inside the company for his enlightened ‘insights’.
Yours sincerely,
Haseef Yusuf
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