Re:Many Companies Aren’t Prepared to Replace Underperforming...
by majormajor on Friday November 04, 2022 @03:40PM
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Non C-levels can try to do something about it if and only if they have strong and safe relationships with other C-levels who would be in a position to influence the CEO on the issue.
That's not necessarily common, especially the larger the company gets.
Otherwise trying to do something about it can quickly turn into a "ok, clearly these two people can't work together, I as CEO don't really know this particular person, I do know this C-level person, I think the easiest thing to do here is to remove the one of them that I haven't been working closely with." And then something would only actually happen if, say, there's a pattern over multiple years of several VP Engs (or similar high-profile people) all having the same issues with the same C-level.
That's not necessarily common, especially the larger the company gets.
Otherwise trying to do something about it can quickly turn into a "ok, clearly these two people can't work together, I as CEO don't really know this particular person, I do know this C-level person, I think the easiest thing to do here is to remove the one of them that I haven't been working closely with." And then something would only actually happen if, say, there's a pattern over multiple years of several VP Engs (or similar high-profile people) all having the same issues with the same C-level.