Marc Haine argues that firing underperformers misses the real problem: disengagement. People who feel unheard or like their work doesn't matter check out. He points to nonprofit volunteers who give everything because they feel valued, and says leaders should figure out who's disengaged and what actually motivates them.
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Shouldn't I just fire anyone who's being lazy and not performing? There's a lot of reasons why that would happen. The issue of not being heard, not being valued at work. Your contributions don't matter. You just feel like you're going in, you're just going through and doing your routine. People want a lot more than that. And so, the big challenge I think when it comes down to quiet quitting is I belong to a lot of nonprofits and I have a lot of passionate people who are not being paid And yet, they're working their tails off. And so, why is that? If quiet quitting is such a big deal, why is it that when people are passionate about what they're doing, they give their whole self into it? They really jump in with both feet and they give of themselves. If quiet quitting is the big challenge that you're facing, maybe you should be taking a look and seeing what— who is falling into this realm of quiet quitting and what are their passion points. I think one of the reasons why some people get really frustrated with especially policy changes Policy changes tend to be