Episode 111
In the previous episode of our leadership dilemmas series, we discussed shielding your team from all the proverbial monsters — all the toxicity, difficult news, and noise — and being fully transparent and how those two impact the team’s morale. Today, we will be wondering where it’s best to focus your time and energy as a leader. Namely, on your best people — the stars — or on your worst people — the dead wood.
Stars and Dead Wood
You don’t always control what people you must take care of as a leader. Some companies involve team leaders in the recruitment process, but not all of them. Sometimes the process is more centralized. This might be especially true for companies that do services for other organizations and not their own products. Even if you do have that luxury, it’s really difficult to judge anyone based on a recruitment process, even an elaborate one. Usually, you have to actually work with someone for at least a few weeks to see what they are really capable of.
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