Mediocre performers:

  • Sap managers’ energy so they have less time for top performers
  • Reduce quality of group discussions, lowering teams overall IQ
  • Force others to develop ways to work around them, reducing efficiency
  • Drive away staff who seek excellence
  • Show the team you accept mediocrity, thus multiplying the problem
                                                            -Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

Closing Quotes:

“The only sin is mediocrity.” – Martha Graham, 1894-1991, dancer and choreographer

“When you have had a taste of excellence, you cannot go back to mediocrity.” – Maximillian Degenerez

“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” – Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, steel magnate

As always, I share what I most want and need to learn. – Nathan S. Collier