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?