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Well, even if the CEO doesn't mastermind the overwork, I think a leader is responsible for everything that happens beneath them. They have full visibility (if t
by alexandercrohde 9y ago
Well, even if the CEO doesn't mastermind the overwork, I think a leader is responsible for everything that happens beneath them. They have full visibility (if they choose) and hired those middle-managers (or the people who hired them).
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoI suspect that the real problem is the incentives for those middle managers. The CEO often may set those without understanding the consequences for the people below the middle managers...
- scrumper 9y agoI think that, counterintuitively, that's a stronger argument at larger firms. There you have surveys and metrics and more room to focus on how the work gets done (rather than being in a mad scramble just to do it). Smaller companies, everyone is in execution mode and superhuman efforts often get rewarded simply because they generate a good result.