original publish date: 9th June, 2010

decades on …

As a manager, key person risk is terrifying. If you’re a key person, you may be temporarily indispensable, but you’re also a risk that requires mitigation.

And if you act in a way that resists that mitigation, you’re a critical risk requiring mitigation.

And if you resist that mitigation …

It doesn’t end well.

transcript

FTE #1: “I heard the place fell apart while I was gone. I guess you can’t do without me, huh?”

FTE #2: “We will?!?”

FTE #3: “We’ll see.”

Caption: Indispensable equals Risk, not Value.