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4 Ways to Dodge the Chop
It happened again this week—twice.
Two calls from two top performing Senior Executives who got axed (outplaced, if you prefer) after 16 years of prodigious performance (verified by their $500k+ remunerations).
Top performers get axed because the political ground shifts under their feet and they are slow, unable or unwilling to shift with it.
Being a top performer doesn’t guarantee your continuous employment if you don’t adapt quickly or appropriately enough when your company culture changes.
Today's top performers become "yesterday's news" by tomorrow because anything that distances you from your peers can negate you. Being too conspicuously successful or too quiet an achiever is equally risky.
