Calibre Of Staff Is Like Cholesterol - Good And Bad Employees
Cholesterol is equivalent to the calibre of staff. LDLs are the dysfunctional staff and the HDL the good ones cleaning up the mess left by the LDLs. The human body requires some cholesterol to function properly. These cholesterol, ‘good’(high density lipoprotein or HDL) and ‘bad’ (low density lipoprotein or LDL) oneS are found in all cells which help to carry fats in the body.
Similarly, in every organisation, there are two categories of employees. There are the ‘bad cholesterol’ employees as well as the ‘good cholesterol’ employees. Those in the first category, the ‘bad cholesterol’ are not natural self-starters and they require prodding by some external forces from the environment before they are compelled towards achieving certain goals.
Too much of bad cholesterol can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, as the bad cholesterol slowly builds up in the walls of the arteries that feed the heart and brain. Eventually, their vital supply of blood, oxygen and nutrients are cut off.
In the corporate context, the heart attack would be synonymous with a company suddenly waking up one day and finding that it has lost all its competitiveness. Usually the stroke or heart attack suddenly deals a lethal blow on their victims without any warning signs.
The ‘good cholesterol’ employees are intrinsically motivated from within. They are intelligent, high achievers and will exercise initiative and assume responsibility towards achieving the goals. They are able to attain the goals even though the external circumstances may not be favourable or supportive of such actions. The ‘good’ cholesterol carries the ‘bad’ cholesterol away from the arteries and back to the liver, where it is metabolised from the body, thus minimising the clogging of the artery walls.
The ‘good cholesterol’ employees have a high level of internal energy or ‘qi’ which propels them forward despite the external difficulties. The danger of not establishing the desired corporate culture is that it will not only fail to spur the ‘bad cholesterol’ employees towards achieving the desired corporate goals but may even deter and demotivate the ‘good cholesteroL’ employees from doing so.
One way of perpetuating good cholesterol is to ensure that you have good genes and cloning at the recruitment stage. This is why Bill Gates of Microsoft hires the best, brightest and highly motivated of the new university graduates, mainly the ‘good cholesterol’ personnel. He creates the environment where these individuals can thrive. As the critical mass of ‘good cholesterol’ employees work in concert to share experience, stimulation and knowledge, the energy level ‘qi’ shoots up. This also raises the contribution levels of the ‘bad cholesterol’ employees and gets the whole company all motivated and charged up.
Another way is to develop good cholesterol by training or exercising. Some people are not able to do their jobs well because they are not adequately trained for the purpose. Good training and development programmes like exercising increase the ‘good cholesterol’ employees and reduce the dysfunctional personnel.
To further foster the ‘good cholesterol’ performance, your staff incentive scheme should be consistent in rewarding the good employees and penalise the bad ones. Thus understanding the facts about ‘good and bad’ cholesterol employees will help take better care of your corporate health. It will help you avoid a corporate heart attack or stroke.
Dr Mike Teng (DBA, MBA, BEng) is the author of best-selling book, “Corporate Turnaround: Nursing a Sick Company back to Health.” He is known as the “Turnaround CEO in Asia” by the media.
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