Breathe
By Barbara Anderson
Mexico elected to have a new administrator in charge of the country's management.
This organization, of which we are all shareholders, is starting up with a new general management.
It is a six-year contract, with no possibility of renewal.
The contract has a clause that allows you to take a mid-term review (a kind of 360-degree evaluation) and again the organization will decide whether or not you will remain in your position.
This new executive will receive a salary paid by us, the shareholders, to fulfill her role. She will have the benefits of the law plus housing, per diem and a support team.
Far from what the human resources area was used to, this time there was no bias and a woman was elected as director, and it did not matter that she was not of the most professed religion in the country.
As of today, October 1, Claudia Sheinbaum is our Chief Operating Officer in charge of the pending issues -not few- of this century-old company, which for many decades was like a family business, where the leadership was passed from heir to heir.
As any administrator who must answer to those who put her in the management of this enormous organization of more than 120 million people, she must be accountable for her decisions, she must do what is best for the future of the organization, enjoy its successes but also be responsible for its mistakes.
It sounds very mercantilist, but it is rather pragmatism: as of today we must change our position and demand that those we put in charge of the country fulfill the promises for which they earned their position, supervise their works, the proper use of resources and that they fulfill without discussion the indispensable aspects of their role: to provide the best health, security, education and justice.
The president of Mexico is the administrator -not owner- of national resources for six years. The now former president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said a couple of years ago in his morning conference "they would like presidents to be their employees and the president of Mexico should only have the people as his master", yes, it sounds a bit medieval but only slaves have masters. And, lest we forget: we are employers. As of today, 120 million pairs of eyes will be watching what is done in this new role, where we must not allow acts of corruption (no matter if they deny it over the ashes of their fathers). The worst enemy of the thief with privileges is an awakened population. We all want the best for this organization, but as of today we all demand from our management team because we have already given them too much power. Let it not be for free.
Demand transparency, because if this is the first thing a manager wants to avoid, perhaps there is some underlying reason? Demand results, not those that serve their own discourse, but those that work for the general welfare. We have to be informed and alert to detect when they are trying to see our face and have the tools to argue with foundations and fight for what is fair. Yesterday the slogans, the raised fists and the temples are over. Today a new administration begins and that makes us plenipotentiary inspectors of a government that must roll up its sleeves and do what is right. The constitutionalist ideal dictates that power flows from the bottom up, the citizen is king, the states are sovereign and delegate to the Federation a series of well-regulated attributions and responsibilities to "provide for the general welfare", the rest is just colored mirrors.
The opinions expressed are the responsibility of the authors and are absolutely independent of the position and editorial line of the company. Opinion 51.
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