I have been following with interest and intrigue to see what will happen to Kyle Sandilands - the "shock jock" from radio station 2Day FM - his moral fibre is sorely missing and his ego abounds but then again so do his ratings! So even though he is doing the "wrong thing" the radio station leadership have kept him on board and sensationalised his behaviour even further through very public suspensions - they then get loads of TV coverage, newspaper coverage and then put him back on the radio again because his ratings soar and of course advertising and sponsorship revenue escalates and everyone is happy!!!!
It reminds me of the many times that I as a business leader got told it was important to focus on people and that we were having a balanced scorecard approach to performance and ultimately personal rewards. And yet the "shock jocks" who treated people terribly and generated loads of revenue continued to be excused - because the business were too scared to lose them and their ability to generate the short term revenue even if it was at the expense of the people, the culture and the level of people engagement. Our top leadership team's need for strong business performance (bottom line) and personal reward (bonus payments) always outweighed the need to do the "right thing".
When are business leaders going to have the courage to do the right thing? Let's wait and see what they do about Kyle Sandilands - shock jock extraordinaire????? Keep him for the revenue or lose him because he has no moral fibre and is not doing the right thing!!!!!
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