Rodrigo’s topic for last month was “Failed again with hiring Operations Manager”; priority “A”. His take-away was to complete the position expectations template for the position. The plan for this month is to have a follow-on discussion about optimizing the...
Rodrigo’s topic for the month was “Failed again with hiring Operations Manager”; priority “A”. “Haven’t we had this issue before?” asked veteran Inner Circle member Sarah. Turns out we had. A year earlier Rodrigo’s long-time Operations Manager retired. At the time...
Abigail got promoted to CEO of the engineering firm she’d been employed by for just over a decade. Along with the promotion came Jeremy, the executive assistant. After just a few months, Abigail’s frustration with Jeremy’s performance was growing. She’d repeatedly...
In your opinion, why do CEOs hate to fire? Concern about the financial impact on the employee and their family Prefer to invest in helping them improve their performance Discomfort with the tough face-to-face conversation Fear of legal ramifications / backlash /...