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Because the executive's performance depends on the team he's working with. If there's mismatch between the executive's leadership and the team, that will result
by JamesBlair 15y ago
Because the executive's performance depends on the team he's working with. If there's mismatch between the executive's leadership and the team, that will result in difficulties regardless of his skill.
- mkramlich 15y agoso if his performance is bad, it's the fault of his team. but if his performance is good, it justifies the huge bucks they make. i sense a discrepancy. in my world, with greater reward should come greater responsibility.
- JamesBlair 15y agoSeverance packages are often quite generous too. :-) But the important point is that it's not about blaming people for things they can't be expected to control. Firing incompetent executives is, as the article pointed out, hopefully rare. But if they can't meet performance goals they should still be let go: if a company was in this position with regard to firing their employees, I'd be equally concerned if they were disparaging.
- civilian 15y agoI totally agree, but how do you find a match between an executive & the team during the interview process?
- harryh 15y agoConveniently, Ben has also written on how to hire executives: http://bhorowitz.com/2010/10/14/hiring-executives-if-you%E2%80%99ve-never-done-the-job-how-do-you-hire-somebody-good/ http://bhorowitz.com/2010/10/14/hiring-executives-if-you%E2%...
- r00fus 15y agoI guess Ben has a thing for lyrics from rappers about N*&$!s On another note, is it a bad idea to have a successor lined up (or at least prepped) prior to the firing?