Hi,
I was interested in this last event in the Skip Barber saga and was not going to comment, but the top of the pages says "
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Originally Posted by PageTwo
I run a private practice which is a bit rare and getting rarer. I've got a few employees that have been there longer than me. These people may not be the best or most efficient, but they are essentially untouchable. I can't fire them without doing some permanent damage to the corporation. The morale of all the others would tank if I did that and likely I'd lose some patients and other employees. At the end of the day they are really nice people and I wouldn't do that anyway.
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No one is untouchable. You might assume that, but life happens. I saw a small doctors office turned upside down for years with the accidental death of one person. She was great, but no one knew what she did, or how she did it. I started as a Skippy customer in 1976 until 1979 and worked in the organization from 1980 - 1988. Now that may seem like an eternity ago for some. I have seen a lot of good people come and go, but you can't keep everyone.
The decisions management has to make has to be about the company, not the persons. As an extreme, you lament the loss of some people, but what if keeping them meant the end of the company itself. Which way would you vote? A lot of racing schools, like race tracks, have come and gone, but none has lasted and accomplished what this one has. And yes mistakes have been made and will continue to be made. I am not defending the owners - hell, I was a pain in the neck at times (ask Skip or Carl).
So does the race series (the school portion was not any part of the discussion - in fact if the race series ended today the school could still be very profitable) become a private playground or a racing for the masses? In my day it was the latter. Today the first might be a better business model. That is what they have to figure out. One thing that was promising, was the quote "we have to refocus on the racing". I think if they focus on that, the "Entertainment" will take care of itself.
Well - maybe that message will not pop up for a few months!
ChrisZ