Chad Silverstein argues that leaders must genuinely care for their people, act to reduce extreme pay gaps, and support employees' career mobility. He warns that fear-based cultures—created when leaders withhold freedom or purpose—lead to quiet quitting, sabotage, and loss of trust.
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You actually have to care and you have to care with a big heart. And you want to have to see the best for the people that are around you. And you have to try to close that gap for how much a CEO makes and how much maybe your entry level folks make. And you have to want the best for the people around you, and you have to be okay with them using your platform as a stepping stone to get to where they're going. Because if you get an opportunity that you can't pass up, you're probably going to go, you're probably going to go start something, you're probably going to go, you know, shift. And you can't blame people for wanting to do that. And if you create fear in your culture, then you're gonna basically create a fear based culture and people are gonna quit without giving you notice and they're gonna sabotage and stab you in the back without you knowing. And that's what you get if you're not leading with purpose and you're not letting other people do the same and have the same freedom that you have.