The High Cost of Poor Leadership
GOATS 1 CommentOn the plane to Germany I listened to an audiobook called People Follow You by Jeb Blount. In this book, Blount discusses leadership and the importance of manager-employee relationships. Companies spend so much money on benefits and compensation plans to increase their retention rate. Blount states that retention rate and employee is directly related to first line management. What really grabbed my attention was when Blount made the statement that bad bosses are never forgotten. His quote “people don’t leave companies, they leave managers” is applicable to my work career. I left two positions because of poor management. A low retention rate is a high cost to the company and can be directly related to poor leadership.
Katherine Cassada
This is really interesting, Anne. The same conversation is happening in all education circles, as well. There is a critical shortage of teachers in Virginia, and across the US. In Virginia last year, over 1,000 teaching positions went unfilled, with schools cobbling together substitutes and merged classes and other hasty fixes because the children are showing up, whether they have a stable classroom or not. It’s a true shame and our kids deserve better. A primary citation for teachers leaving the profession is lack of support from their leadership. We all know that teachers received significantly low pay, but what teachers primarily want is respect and autonomy and to be treated like professionals. A lack of leadership is centered in the education discussion right now.