Comments on: Hiring and Firing the George Steinbrenner Way http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/ Entrepreneurial Leadership and Management . . . and Other Stuff Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 10 Management Tales From George Steinbrenner, The Legendary Boss | TechsZone http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-103993 10 Management Tales From George Steinbrenner, The Legendary Boss | TechsZone Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:56:10 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-103993 [...] Will Herman once wrote, “Steinbrenner isn’t shy about broadcasting that he pays the best and expects the [...] [...] Will Herman once wrote, “Steinbrenner isn’t shy about broadcasting that he pays the best and expects the [...]

]]> By: George Steinbrenner: Remembering the Ultimate Demanding, Bullying Boss http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-103924 George Steinbrenner: Remembering the Ultimate Demanding, Bullying Boss Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:43:28 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-103924 [...] As Will Herman put it in a marvelous blog post from 2007 titled “Hiring and Firing the George Steinbrenner Way:”  [...] [...] As Will Herman put it in a marvelous blog post from 2007 titled “Hiring and Firing the George Steinbrenner Way:”  [...]

]]> By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-9726 Will Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:58:14 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-9726 Dan, I've heard that Ellison is a demanding guy with an itchy trigger finger. I also know from personal experience that Oracle has no trouble out-bidding it's competition for people it wants. They successfully picked off several top people from a company I ran a few years ago. Dan,

I’ve heard that Ellison is a demanding guy with an itchy trigger finger. I also know from personal experience that Oracle has no trouble out-bidding it’s competition for people it wants. They successfully picked off several top people from a company I ran a few years ago.

]]> By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-106388 Will Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:58:00 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-106388 Dan, I've heard that Ellison is a demanding guy with an itchy trigger finger. I also know from personal experience that Oracle has no trouble out-bidding it's competition for people it wants. They successfully picked off several top people from a company I ran a few years ago. Dan,

I’ve heard that Ellison is a demanding guy with an itchy trigger finger. I also know from personal experience that Oracle has no trouble out-bidding it’s competition for people it wants. They successfully picked off several top people from a company I ran a few years ago.

]]> By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-9725 Will Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:54:57 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-9725 Doug, I couldn't agree more. The paying more to get the best people methodology only works if it's supported by the overall culture. As you say, in the case of the Yankees, it's a demand for the best baseball to be played. Of course, in that area, a zillion Yankee fans are standing behind Steinbrenner to threaten the life and livelihood of any player that slacks off. Doug,

I couldn’t agree more. The paying more to get the best people methodology only works if it’s supported by the overall culture. As you say, in the case of the Yankees, it’s a demand for the best baseball to be played. Of course, in that area, a zillion Yankee fans are standing behind Steinbrenner to threaten the life and livelihood of any player that slacks off.

]]> By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-106387 Will Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-106387 Doug, I couldn't agree more. The paying more to get the best people methodology only works if it's supported by the overall culture. As you say, in the case of the Yankees, it's a demand for the best baseball to be played. Of course, in that area, a zillion Yankee fans are standing behind Steinbrenner to threaten the life and livelihood of any player that slacks off. Doug,

I couldn’t agree more. The paying more to get the best people methodology only works if it’s supported by the overall culture. As you say, in the case of the Yankees, it’s a demand for the best baseball to be played. Of course, in that area, a zillion Yankee fans are standing behind Steinbrenner to threaten the life and livelihood of any player that slacks off.

]]> By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-9724 Will Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:47:56 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-9724 Lorne, You're right about the other side of the equation. Executive performance needs to be closely monitored and action taken if problems, once identified, remain unfixed. There are loads of highly visible business examples where boards appear to be missing either a backbone or a brain regarding poor C*O performance, but poor performance often seems to be tolerated even more in smaller companies. Paying people more to make sure you have the best in the organization doesn't work if it's the *only* management tool. Lorne,

You’re right about the other side of the equation. Executive performance needs to be closely monitored and action taken if problems, once identified, remain unfixed. There are loads of highly visible business examples where boards appear to be missing either a backbone or a brain regarding poor C*O performance, but poor performance often seems to be tolerated even more in smaller companies.

Paying people more to make sure you have the best in the organization doesn’t work if it’s the *only* management tool.

]]> By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-106386 Will Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-106386 Lorne, You're right about the other side of the equation. Executive performance needs to be closely monitored and action taken if problems, once identified, remain unfixed. There are loads of highly visible business examples where boards appear to be missing either a backbone or a brain regarding poor C*O performance, but poor performance often seems to be tolerated even more in smaller companies. Paying people more to make sure you have the best in the organization doesn't work if it's the *only* management tool. Lorne,

You’re right about the other side of the equation. Executive performance needs to be closely monitored and action taken if problems, once identified, remain unfixed. There are loads of highly visible business examples where boards appear to be missing either a backbone or a brain regarding poor C*O performance, but poor performance often seems to be tolerated even more in smaller companies.

Paying people more to make sure you have the best in the organization doesn’t work if it’s the *only* management tool.

]]> By: Dan http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-9716 Dan Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:48:18 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-9716 Similar in nature to Larry Ellison; it would be interesting to compare in-depth. I don't know nearly enough about Steinbrenner to start, however. --Dan Similar in nature to Larry Ellison; it would be interesting to compare in-depth. I don’t know nearly enough about Steinbrenner to start, however.

–Dan

]]> By: Dan http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-106385 Dan Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2007/09/hiring-and-firing-the-george-steinbrenner-way/#comment-106385 Similar in nature to Larry Ellison; it would be interesting to compare in-depth. I don't know nearly enough about Steinbrenner to start, however. --Dan Similar in nature to Larry Ellison; it would be interesting to compare in-depth. I don’t know nearly enough about Steinbrenner to start, however.

–Dan

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