Truth 8. Maybe you don’t want "new blood"
You keep hearing from managers, "We have to get some new blood." Your company seems to be suffering, perhaps, from doing things the same old way, and you need employees who can look at problems from fresh and innovative perspectives. It’s natural to assume that the best way to get the best from your people is to look outside the organization. "We should get someone from a competitor or someone from outside the industry," you conclude. "That can help us turn this business around."
You look around at the employees already in your organization, and you think, "Kate’s been here for five years as an admin, and she does a good job. But that’s probably all she can do." And, "Jack has been great as the manager ...
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