Excerpt from a Jason M. Lemkin talk emphasizing that workplace fear (especially salespeople fearing firing) is common and that CEOs should explicitly reassure and express appreciation to key employees. Lemkin urges leaders to communicate love/appreciation and clarify that senior employees are part of the inner circle to reduce paranoia and retain them.
Realize it's not that simple as getting fired. If you decide if does your CEO believe in you have this conversation. And if you're a CEO, tell someone, because there is this paranoia in sales that I'm get fired. It is a paranoia. I'm not saying it's going to work that day, but. But you got to tell people you love them in life. And you if you love your CRO, you got to tell her him you love them. You got to tell him no matter what. You have a senior role here. I don't know what the senior role will be at 100 million and 200 million in a billion. I don't know for sure what your senior role will be at a billionaire, but. But if you want to stay, you are part of the inner circle. That's a great message. I love that. And.
