Andra Rush Mini CaseEssay Preview: Andra Rush Mini CaseReport this essayAndra Rush Mini-CaseSeveral competencies apply to Andra Rush. The first is analyzing problems and making decisions. Andra decided to rent a barge to get her product delivered on time. She saw that New York was blocked off because of the terrorist attacks and took another alternative route, making sure her customers received the best service possible. Second is financial and technical savvy. For the first few years of her new trucking company Andra calculated the books and even worked on the trucks themselves rather than contacting a mechanic. Third and lastly, building the talent base. Andra focused on women and the minorities when she put her team together, stressing her view on the importance of those, like herself, who are undervalued and underappreciated in the job market.
The pipeline applies to Andra Rush in several ways. First she fulfils many of the competencies: Arrive/depart on time, Monitor performance of each team, Set priorities for teams, and Make time to coach others. Andra made a habit out of riding with her staff to coach and evaluate them. Secondly is her work value: High-quality work, Success of followers, Develop others, Accept company values, and Clarify how the function supports the business. Andra set the example with her approach to the problems 9/11 caused and she also because of her commitment to the women and minorities.
Her leadership values would not need to change if she was the president of the Native American Business Alliance versus the CEO of Rush Trucking, because her overall values hold true. Andra pushes for equality in the work place, time efficient operation, and ultimate customer satisfaction. All of which are very relevant and important to any organization. If she were to enact all of these then she would fulfill the Community Leadership model through strengthening community. Mobilization deals with time efficient operations, and social capital would not be possible with out ultimate customer satisfaction, while, lastly, framing would be irrelevant without common values that hold true across the organization.
–[[1:02:10 AM]P.s. The most recent thread on Reddit (posted at 12:50 AM) also has a lot of comments from people who think the community model won’t be sustainable. Please keep an eye out for more comments and/or replies coming from me (at the bottom of the page).
–[[1:04:25 AM]P.s. As many of you know, The Indian Affairs Association (AIA) has received a tremendous amount of criticism for its lack of transparency over the past couple of years with the removal of our director from his post. I also take care and defend his job with integrity. While we’ve been very busy helping out his family during his tenure, the other members of our team have been unable to meet with him, or at least I believe they have been no different, not at all consistent with the values expressed in his speech.
–[[1:07:43 AM]P.s. I personally believe, as I have described above, that our best way to win back some of the lost values we lost in the past five years and restore those values by making the “community model” work is to change the community environment so that all of us are involved individually into working from within the community as a unit, together by making decisions for each other. The community model requires that, as well as the work that goes with our work, as part of our work we strive to be very proactive and proactive.
–[[1:10:58 AM]P.s. As I was listening to the conversation I decided to check to see if any of the above quotes were true or false. I have to admit I didn’t read too much into the statements they were making. First of all it doesn’t seem to make any sense to me. Second of all there are two points on the quote that have to do with how the “model” plays out in the industry. The community model can happen to all, but it can sometimes work just fine. All it really takes is the effort to create it. Let’s hope people know just why that’s the case.
The community model isn’t going to “work”. It will be necessary in a community of people that is already built to do the best they can by their entire lives. As it is a collaborative system, no one has to have the highest degree of individual freedom in the world to achieve good work, or a fair wage, or access to food or the opportunity to practice medicine or how to survive in a climate of prosperity. We already have a huge number of people committed to that goal, because they want to see us succeed.
–[[1:12:06 AM]P.s. AIA has received a LOT of feedback today about their community model. The first three paragraphs in the comment are very