Essentially an individual who leads an organization will create one which in time becomes his or her 'lengthened shadow'. It will reflect the leader's values, interests, and vision of the future.
 
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Character, Competence and Commitment: The Cincom Difference

Every company has a history and a culture. But Cincom has what some have termed a "mystique"-a uniqueness that so clearly defines our people and practices that they are recognizable anywhere.

"Regardless of style, all Cincom people seem to hold the same basic values: respect based on trust, mutual regard and loyalty." - Alberto Gabbai, president of Gruppo Formula (Italy)

That's what it's about. We post these words on the door at our World Headquarters: Character. Competence. Commitment. We also truly believe and practice them every day at every level of the organization.

"When individuals truly believe in and love their work, they will give more to the job than they can ever be forced or intimidated into contributing." - Tom Nies, Cincom CEO

At Cincom, there are no private offices and no barriers between departments, levels or geographies. Here, everybody talks to everybody else. No exceptions. Secretaries to senior execs, receptionists to clients, customer service to, well ... everyone. That's how things get done-the right way, the first time.

We've Been Around

How do we know this works? Cincom has been proving it since 1968 when the company was founded "with $600, a card table and a dream." That dream, selling software separately from hardware, revolutionized the way computers and their components were sold, and pioneered the software industry, which today has become one of the most important of all industries.

Cincom Founder Tom Nies is currently the longest actively serving CEO in the computer industry, and is featured alongside other pioneers of the industry such as Bill Gates (Microsoft), Larry Ellison (Oracle) and Steve Jobs (Apple), in the Smithsonian Institution's Computer History Collection.

Think that makes us a relic? Think again. In 2004, Tom Nies won the Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Former national winners include Michael Dell (Dell), Steve Case (AOL), Scott McNeeley (Sun), Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and David Filo (Yahoo!). In 2005, along with the CEO of Adobe, Nies won the International Stevie Award for Best Executive—"the business world's own Oscars," according to the New York Post. In 2005, Nies also received the University of Cincinnati Lifetime Achievement award and in 2006, was named as one of the Top Ten IT Visionaries by START-IT magazine. In 2008, Tom and Cincom were featured in a Harvard Business School Study.

Still Leading

Today, Cincom is one of the most experienced software companies in the world, with 24 offices on five continents. Businesses worldwide count on Cincom to provide them with competitive advantage in a variety of industries.

We Keep Our Promises

Many of the thousands of clients Cincom has served have trusted and grown with us for over a quarter of a century and more. Why? Because we keep our promises, always.

"Promises made must become promise kept" - Tom Nies, Cincom CEO

For more information

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