The hard decision was that those who are against change would have to head towards the exit door. Guess what? Samuel Johnson said it beautifully: “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” The same day the senior guys unpacked themselves to learn the difference between business ignorance and business tragedy.
Not long after, the same guys became the champion for change. They are still employed somewhere in the private sector, even after the age of 65. They turned out to be winners. Winners are often losers who have evaluated themselves. CEOs, Heads of Departments/Divisions and Human Resource Managers often face the extremely difficult task of identifying what one is best capable of doing.