Type IV Leader Purge Despite Results

“It’s about the four ‘types’ that represent the way we evaluate and deal with our existing leaders. Type I: shares our values; makes the numbers – sky’s the limit! Type II: doesn’t share the values; doesn’t make the numbers – gone. Type III: shares the values; misses the numbers – typically, another chance, or two. None of these three are tough calls, but Type IV is the toughest call of all: the manager who doesn’t share the values, but delivers the numbers; the ‘go-to’ manager, the hammer, who delivers the bacon but does it on the backs of people, often “kissing up and kicking down” during the process. This type is the toughest to part with because organizations always want to deliver – it’s in the blood – and to let someone go who gets the job done is…”

“They define great leaders as those who “make the numbers, with their teams, the right way””