{"id":45552,"date":"2025-10-14T22:23:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=45552"},"modified":"2025-10-14T22:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:23:04","slug":"make-a-crisis-to-motivate-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=45552","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Make a Crisis&#8217; to Motivate Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"tw:mt-0 tw:mb-1 tw:font-sans tw:text-2xl\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tw:font-semibold tw:font-sans tw:text-base tw:marker:text-blue-600\">\n<li>Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, says that leaders should always act like there\u2019s a crisis \u2014 and if there isn\u2019t a crisis, start one.<\/li>\n<li>Dell says that creating a crisis results in \u201cexcited\u201d and \u201cmotivated\u201d employees.<\/li>\n<li>Dell, 60, was named as a potential investor in TikTok by President Donald Trump last month. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Michael Dell, the founder, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, says leaders should always act like there\u2019s a crisis because he thinks employees are most productive under pressure. So if there isn\u2019t a crisis, start one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe in this idea that if you don\u2019t have a crisis, make one to get people excited, motivated, and to drive the necessary change,\u201d Dell said on an episode of the \u201cFounders\u201d podcast earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Dell, 60, who last month was named as a potential investor in TikTok by President Donald Trump, says that creating a crisis is as simple as reminding employees that their next competitor is around the corner.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b>Dell Defends Itself After Being Questioned About Imitating Apple<\/p>\n<p>He gave an example where he stood up and told his company that five years from now, they would face a hypothetical new competitor that was faster, more efficient, and more capable \u2014 and this rival would put their company out of business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way that we\u2019re going to prevent that is we are going to become that company,\u201d Dell said on the podcast. \u201cIt\u2019s gutwrenching stuff to reinvent and reimagine your business. But if you don\u2019t do it, you go out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dell Technologies has weathered many crises in its four decades in business. When the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s, it led to a collapse in tech markets, which hurt the company\u2019s stock price and sales, undercutting its growth. The rise of new computing forms, like smartphones and tablets, challenged the company to try in these markets, with attempts like the 2010 Venue smartphone failing to gain traction. Dell Technologies discontinued the Venue line in 2012 and does not currently make phones or tablets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Dell. Photo by Joan Cros\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the company is seeing success with its latest reinvention into AI. Dell said on the podcast that when ChatGPT launched in November 2022, he knew immediately that it was \u201ca big, big deal\u201d that would prompt his company to \u201ctotally reset\u201d how it thought about providing technology products and services. If Dell Technologies kept doing what it was doing before, it would be \u201cin serious trouble\u201d when some new competitor came along with new tools and new ways of doing things, Dell explained.<\/p>\n<p>Dell Technologies is seeing heightened external demand for its AI servers, with clients including Elon Musk\u2019s xAI, according to Tom\u2019s Hardware.<b> <\/b>The company announced earlier this month that it has already shipped several billion dollars worth of AI servers and expects that figure to reach an annualized run-rate, or future annual revenue, of $20 billion by 2026.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> Dell\u2019s Sudden 5-Day Return-to-Office Order Leaves Parents Scrambling to Find Childcare<\/p>\n<p>Dell clarified that the problem was not about using new technology \u2014 it was about motivating people to change the way they work after decades of doing things the same way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople don\u2019t like to change,\u201d Dell said on the podcast. \u201cBut you have to. And so that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One change that the company implemented was mandating that employees be back in the office five days a week starting in March, a difference from the previous hybrid schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Dell Technologies also invited its 108,000-person workforce to share ideas for using AI internally. Employees submitted over 800 suggestions, which the company then prioritized into key projects.<\/p>\n<p>Some initiatives that arose from employee suggestions included AI assistants for tech support, which reduced case closure time by 10%, AI coding tools to help the 20,000 engineers at the company become more productive, and AI search tools so that sales teams could more easily prepare for customer pitches.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b>Gen Z Is Helping Older Colleagues Learn How to Use AI at Work, According to a New Survey<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"tw:mt-0 tw:mb-1 tw:font-sans tw:text-2xl\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tw:font-semibold tw:font-sans tw:text-base tw:marker:text-blue-600\">\n<li>Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, says that leaders should always act like there\u2019s a crisis \u2014 and if there isn\u2019t a crisis, start one.<\/li>\n<li>Dell says that creating a crisis results in \u201cexcited\u201d and \u201cmotivated\u201d employees.<\/li>\n<li>Dell, 60, was named as a potential investor in TikTok by President Donald Trump last month. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Michael Dell, the founder, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, says leaders should always act like there\u2019s a crisis because he thinks employees are most productive under pressure. So if there isn\u2019t a crisis, start one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe in this idea that if you don\u2019t have a crisis, make one to get people excited, motivated, and to drive the necessary change,\u201d Dell said on an episode of the \u201cFounders\u201d podcast earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Dell, 60, who last month was named as a potential investor in TikTok by President Donald Trump, says that creating a crisis is as simple as reminding employees that their next competitor is around the corner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tw:justify-center tw:bg-gray-100 tw:flex tw:flex-col tw:sm:flex-row tw:rounded-lg tw:p-6 tw:align-middle tw:sm:text-left tw:text-center\">\n<div class=\"tw:flex tw:flex-col tw:justify-center tw:align-middle tw:mr-0 tw:sm:mr-16\">\n<p class=\"tw:text-sm tw:leading-5 tw:my-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe rest of this article is locked.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"tw:text-xl tw:text-black tw:font-bold tw:leading-5 tw:my-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoin Entrepreneur<span class=\"tw:text-yellow-300\">+<\/span> today for access.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/michael-dell-make-a-crisis-to-motivate-employees\/498338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, says that leaders should always act like there\u2019s a crisis \u2014 and if there isn\u2019t a crisis, start one. Dell says that creating a crisis results in \u201cexcited\u201d and \u201cmotivated\u201d employees. 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