The Insanity of Management Foot Dragging

An organization I once worked for had hired a CIO/VP of Engineering who played nice for about 3 months before showing his true colors. 15 months later after firing 25% of his staff (one at a time, not as a group) alienating the departments and causing another 25% to seek alternate employment he is finally asked to "resign". The remaining staff had an interesting reaction - as a group they celebrated his resignation the same day it was announced. Knowing what a dark cloud this person cast on the entire organization, why did the management team wait so long and waste do much employee potential putting up with this individual?

I expect it is the same mentality that prevents us from canceling obviously failing projects - somehow we expect that if we just wait long enough things will somehow start to get better - until we're finally faced with the awful truth.

Is there some cure for this particular for of insanity or are we doomed to live with these kinds of things forever?

 

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  • Someone would have to admit the mistake of having hired him in the first place.



    It could cost you a lot of money that you may or may not have to get rid of someone depending on their contract.

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