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Fire Everyone Except Your Star Performer
Or fire your star performer and see others shine … … Oh, for Pete’s sake. Will this star gazing never end? I am so tired of individual players being worshiped as if they “built this themselves.” If star players are really so good and the other players so useless, then fire the non-stars and let…
Bright Is Not the Same As Wise
Bright outshines shadows allowing only one answer: The Answer … … I am constantly surprised by the number of bright people and by how many of them are in high office. I remain surprised until I remind myself that bright is not the same as wise. Bright people are bright because they blind you with…
Effective Leaders Are Two-Faced
But there’s a right and a wrong way to be two-faced … … According to ancient Roman religion, Janus is the god of beginnings, transitions, and endings. He is the god with two faces, because he looks in two directions at once, the past and the future. Do you want to be an effective leader?…
Skilled Doers Deserve More Respect Than Skilled Thinkers
Thinking for yourself does not automatically trounce manual skills … There is a difference between teaching kids to think for themselves and to teach them a specific skill. An obvious statement, yes, but we tend to ignore the consequences. We judge some kids early on as not worthy of thinking for themselves, and so they…
You Will Be Subtracted When the Value You Add Becomes Negative
What every manager must explain to every employee … … What do you do when an outstanding employee is actually bad? Someone can be good at the job, but the cost of doing is too high. I’m talking about the emotional price co-workers pay. We all want star performers, which is why we tend to…