"Great Employees Only" by Dale Dauten was a fascinating book to read. The idea is to create a culture where great employees thrive and everyone else is "dehired" (his alternative to firing). The book intrigued me because some of the things he wrote were so appealing yet counter-intuitive such as his "formula for effortless leadership success":
- 90 percent hiring (and de-hiring)
- 10 percent inspiring, and
- 0 percent management. (If an employee can't be inspired and needs managing, return to top.)
I still wrestle with this and I'm conflicted because part of me wonders if this can really be true while at the same time hoping it really is! Even though there are some philosophical ideas I'm still weighing, there were many great points and there are a few applications that I walked away with right away after reading this book. In mind it makes that makes "GEO" worth the read even if I don't end up agreeing with all of Mr. Dauten's concepts.
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