03-29-2021, 03:24 PM
I don't really feel hardcore about this, but if this is a situation where the entire team has checked out, with comparatively little skills and they're not committed, and they're not excited about the program...then I understand. It's the new coach's livelihood. Doesn't he have to have the freedom to run it as he sees fit?
I took the lead BD role at one of the world's largest specialty law firms, a firm that had low rates, low staff morale and low staff quality. I should have fired the vast majority of them, as did the brand-new CTO. She started the same day I did, did a quick skills analysis and determined that she needed to fire 90% of her team -- which she did. And she lived a very happy life. And I was miserable, trying to raise the skill set of 40 undertrained BD pros. Not as bad as my Detroit experience where leadership invited me to get rid of 3/4 of my team. I should have listened. I hired giants around them -- they took to calling themselves "The B Team." More like the D- Team. Ugh.
I took the lead BD role at one of the world's largest specialty law firms, a firm that had low rates, low staff morale and low staff quality. I should have fired the vast majority of them, as did the brand-new CTO. She started the same day I did, did a quick skills analysis and determined that she needed to fire 90% of her team -- which she did. And she lived a very happy life. And I was miserable, trying to raise the skill set of 40 undertrained BD pros. Not as bad as my Detroit experience where leadership invited me to get rid of 3/4 of my team. I should have listened. I hired giants around them -- they took to calling themselves "The B Team." More like the D- Team. Ugh.
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