The Exit Interview

The Performer’s best director resigned on a Tuesday, and he never saw it coming.

Nobody did. In the exit interview she said something he is still turning over. I never felt I could bring you a problem I had not solved. I thought you would see it as weakness.

He never said that. Not once. He did not have to. For 4 years she watched him walk into every room finished, and she drew the only conclusion available: that is the standard here.

The Performer thinks his polish sets a high bar. It sets a silent one, and his best people leave rather than fail to clear it. The move: let someone watch you hold an unsolved problem this week.

Friday: a new leader in the neighborhood.

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