When an employee’s performance is consistently good, it becomes expected and may unknowingly be taken for granted.
I have seen people in leadership positions manipulate high-performing employees to produce more, take on the burden of others while nothing is done to address the significant shortfall in the performance of other team members. At some point, this person will get burned out and lose all inspiration to continuing performing at such a high level.
According to Tim McClure, when passionate employees become quiet, it usually signals that the work environment has become very dysfunctional. As the leader, this is something you must observe and act on immediately. Please don’t push your most loyal people to the point that they no longer care. When you have people passionate, inspired, and motivated to help the company achieve its vision while fulfilling its purpose, you must do everything in your power to ensure that this team keeps this vibe. Otherwise, you run the risk of pushing away great talent while settling for mediocrity.
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Or just walk out the door and completely blindside them and say…. Goooom Bye!!!
Oh what a feeling. 🎉🎈
I refer you to the wisest man I know:
"Lisa, if you don’t like your job, you don’t go on strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-a$$ed. That’s the American way.” - Homer Simpson
Yes and by the time xerox managers have this dawn on them. We are all gone 6 years already. You are right but with the wrong company. Old habits are hard to break, isn’t that what they say? I applaud your ideas. But the writing has been on the wall for centuries here. And there is no one left here to decipher the old hieroglyphics anymore. I will translate for you.
“ Lost Cause”.