One of the most common reasons for a broken company is poor company morale. Many times poor company morale is rooted in unequal yoking. Unequal yoking happens when people seek to work together but do not share a common vision and values, which means there is a lack of relational harmony.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Biox de Mexico was a struggling company. Despite well-qualified management, a clear strategic plan, and a robust market, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. Why? The company was riddled with conflict and disharmony. Employee morale was virtually nonexistent. Employees were frequently tardy. Absenteeism was out of control. Fighting and stealing were prevalent. Workers were looking for any opportunity to quit. In this environment, there was no hope to execute well enough to be profitable; hence, all efforts of the able management team proved fruitless. Much to the surprise of the management team, the founder of the company, who was near death, provided the solution. At first, the management team was skeptical that the founder's solution could produce the relational harmony the company so desperately needed. But as they executed the founder's suggestion, they were amazed to see the company morale turn and relational harmony begin to grow among the workers. As a result, the company became so profitable that within one year, every employee received a bonus for the first time in the company's twenty-two-year history. Want to learn the founder's secret to relational harmony and how to fix a broken company?