Key Person Risk: Everyone Isn’t Replaceable
The common phrase “everyone’s replaceable” is such a misnomer. Yes, you might be able to replace a hardworking employee who knows how to do everything right, but at what cost?
The common phrase “everyone’s replaceable” is such a misnomer. Yes, you might be able to replace a hardworking employee who knows how to do everything right, but at what cost?
Where leaders ignore or don’t do this, the impact is profound – for the worse. Where leaders do this sensitively and purposefully, the impact is profound – for the better.
Not addressing the underlying issues results in lower productivity and other organisational outcomes, so it’s lose-lose for everyone.
Keeping people engaged and clear on what they need to do and why saves time and misdirected effort – here’s how.
Failure to say no or to properly understand what creates value mean we try do everything, creating much expectation and delivering little.
If you’ve ever assigned a task only to find that the work that occurs is not what you’ve intended, context and purpose may be the missing factors.
It’s the leadership that creates the culture and it is the culture that delivers the results (good or bad).
It’s often the simplest changes that have the biggest and most sustainable impact for the long term.
Are your systems of work around innovation and ideas generation actually serving as a disincentive for employees to purse innovative ideas?
Sometimes a decline in performance results can be a positive wake up call, or can tell you that your improved measure design, understanding, and data collection are doing exactly what they are meant to do.
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