Do you have the courage to kill off unprofitable products or remove unproductive employees?

August 13th, 2010

Worries about courage play out differently at varying levels of a company. At the senior level, the leadership team may worry that the CEO will not be open to entertaining tough conversations or making difficult decisions in key areas such as strategy (e.g. killing off unprofitable products or business units), personnel (e.g. removing incompetent, unproductive, or uncooperative executives or managers), resources (e.g. making necessary investments in technology or training and development), or corporate politics (e.g. challenging the entrenched bureaucracy).

-          book excerpt, page 27, The Power of Strategic Commitment

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