Rejected by the Body

Rejected by the Body

My most recent posting ("Sometimes, There Is No Lesson To Be Learned") about a strange hiring incident at Return Path has so far generated 5 comments -- a whopper for my blog.  You can read them here if you want.  They're a little bit all over the map, but they did remind me of something I frequently tell senior people who I am interviewing to join the company:

Hiring a new senior person into an organization is like doing an organ transplant.  Sometimes, the body just rejects the organ, but at least you find out pretty quickly.

At least we found out relative quickly with this one, although it was more like the organ rejecting the body!

Comments

[Dan]

I think you might be taking this one a little too personally. I mean a manager at this level quitting by cell phone?? Come on. Something is going on here that no interview process could have divulged, and I would encourage you not to make an assumption that there was a "rejection" of the company, its culture, or the people -- unless there was tangible evidence of that. Without understanding fully the motives of the person who left (who may not even really understand them herself), I believe such assumptions, particularly those about the process, are misplaced. Was it a lack of integrity that caused her to do what she did? A certain unconsciousness? A true change of heart about her future? Other factors suddenly coming into play, things unforeseen? Who knows. But there IS a lesson. You cannot control everything! Best not let that get too far under the skin.