THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JORGE MÁRIO AND JOSÉ ALBERTO FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Autor: Jairo Cantarelli | Publicado: 2015-03-01T05:35:00-08:00






Except in family, none of them is known by his
given name. The first one is known by another name, Francisco, and the second
one is known by his surname, Mujica.



Both have some things in common, such as age,
the 1st one, 79, and the second one, 78 years old. They were born in 02
neighboring countries of southern South America and, especially, what matters
for this post, extremely humble in the performance of their duties and their
powers.



The President Mujica leaves the Presidency of
Uruguay this weekend. I do not want to go into details about his performance
ahead of the Presidency of this small and friendly country, but the way he
played. Mujica surprised everyone accompanying the international news dispensing
the use of official house of the Presidency of Uruguay, dispensing the official
car, dispensing the use of securities and various other goodies, benefits and
extra-benefits that power provides. Since the 1st moment he took the position,
he put himself in the figure of any other common employee to serve his country,
the most important politically, but just one more. He followed living in his
farm on the outskirts of Montevideo and going back and forth to work every day
driving his famous Beetle (which had an offer of US$1 million refused), like
other citizens do in their everyday life. Even, after had been elected
President of the country, he followed been a citizen like his compatriots,
regarding to the use of public benefits. And him performed his work and fulfill
his duties, like any other citizen in the country.



Already Pope Francisco stunned the world since
his election, first because he was not among the favorites to take the papacy.
Second, because after his election, he chose for his Pope name the name of the
protector of animals, a benefactor of nature, a humble, to accompany him during
his time as the most important man of the Catholic Church. Soon in his first
moves, he surprised the world with messages of humility, the approach of the
Catholic Church to his followers, the approach of the figure of the Pope to the
faithful, to the needy. Just like Mujica, Francisco put himself at the service
of the Church in the humblest way possible in fulfilling his mandate. He made
the Catholic religion to have back some global role but, mainly, sent to the
world the message that him could be a Pope while being a normal man.



For Sustainability, predominantly for the
Cultural Pillar, the messages of these 02 men are very welcome. And here I am
referring to both the political world and the corporate world. The arrival in
power does not turn you into a superman, does not anoint to another class of
citizenship, does not turn you into a higher being who is entitled to all
possible and imaginable blessings. You simply, reached the highest office
within an institution, but remains its official and server. The job
responsibilities should be recognized and remunerated properly, but their
behavior should remain associated with all their other colleagues within the
organization.



This is an important message that each new
manager, director or president should give to the organization. It produces a
very positive relationship from the bottom to the top of the organizational
pyramid. It embraces everyone within an organization. It creates a positive
work environment with a strong impact on overall efficiency. And, gain in
efficiency, is one of two vectors of sustainability growth for any institution.



But this message needs to be real, genuine. Any
attempt of deception, will gradually be perceived and will have a negative
effect on the institution, reflected in the final result of the business.



The true Sustainable Leader must be, above all,
a humble, as the example of Mr. Jorge Mario and Mr. José Alberto.




Until the next post !!!