Could Your Company Culture Pass the ‘Hire Your Replacement’ Test?

Published in Forbes.com on Feb 16, 2021

At his first job, TED speaker Derek Sivers (CD Baby Founder) decided to leave his role as the admin to the CEO. He knew the job well and performed it even better. Before he left, he thought like his CEO would: Who would be the most appropriate person to train my replacement?

The answer was pretty simple: Derek was not only the best person to hire and train his assistant; he really was the only one to do so, given all the nuances involved.

It might seem a bit odd that one would hire and train their own replacement instead of giving notice and allowing their company to take on that responsibility. It was a testament to Derek’s strong sense of responsibility for his role and his loyalty to his boss that he stayed in the role until his replacement was both hired and trained.

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