One of the most effective leaders I know packaged a lifetime of outperformance in a 5 minute speech on his retirement. This post shares the essence of his leadership philosophy.
Very memorable lesson names. I love them! An observation:
There's a transpose to the Bottom Feeder. Let me call them the Change Makers. This lot is typically the most invested and also often the most infuriated. Problem is orgs sometimes demand employee investment without wanting to deal with their dissatisfaction. In my experience the two go together. The rest mostly just coast. Which makes me imagine the Lone Nut and the We Suck as those agent provocateurs. If they cannot have the freedom to be dissatisfied and have the agency to do something about it, they will leave, sooner than later.
In any case, the average turnover of most companies is 10-15% so 1 in 10 generally leave anyway every year. In my experience, if people don't fit the culture, and are not enjoying the journey, both they and the company would be mach happier in the long run if they left. Now sometimes they go on to do great things elsewhere (I have experienced this) and people in the company feel that it was a mistake to let them go... but then hindsight is always 20/20!
All very valid!
Very memorable lesson names. I love them! An observation:
There's a transpose to the Bottom Feeder. Let me call them the Change Makers. This lot is typically the most invested and also often the most infuriated. Problem is orgs sometimes demand employee investment without wanting to deal with their dissatisfaction. In my experience the two go together. The rest mostly just coast. Which makes me imagine the Lone Nut and the We Suck as those agent provocateurs. If they cannot have the freedom to be dissatisfied and have the agency to do something about it, they will leave, sooner than later.
In any case, the average turnover of most companies is 10-15% so 1 in 10 generally leave anyway every year. In my experience, if people don't fit the culture, and are not enjoying the journey, both they and the company would be mach happier in the long run if they left. Now sometimes they go on to do great things elsewhere (I have experienced this) and people in the company feel that it was a mistake to let them go... but then hindsight is always 20/20!