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What is loyalty paradox?

The Loyalty Paradox is the understandable human nature to be blindly loyal to the people, processes, programs, etc. that were so successful in the Point A to Point B journey.

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So why does the history of business and our own observations clearly show that 65-70% of all businesses and initiatives within big businesses at best flatten out with many shrinking, trying to get to “Point C”? We believe it’s the Loyalty Paradox. The Loyalty Paradox is the understandable human nature to be blindly loyal to the people, processes, programs, etc. that were so successful in the Point A to Point B journey. But this level of loyalty generally does not work, does not scale and more often than not leads to frustration and disappointment on the road to Point C. So why is this concept so difficult to grasp and even more difficult to act upon? It’s not so simple to sack your sales manager who killed it in the Phase One journey and has become a friend and who your family possibly socializes with. It’s not so easy to replace your bookkeeper with a true CFO, when the bookkeeper was an early investor in your company. It’s pretty tough duty to tell your service delivery leader that he/she doesn’t scale well and they must take a lesser position if they want to stay. It really takes courage to change your processes and/or strategies that have served you so very well. When the inevitable wall is hit, it’s easier to cliché manage with trusted old sayings like “we just need to get back to basics” than to make the tough decision that understandably feels disloyal. What we have clearly witnessed over the past thirty-five years is that the 30-35% of the companies or teams that continue to grow at accelerated, above-market growth rates are those that understood that they could not allow a strength (loyalty) to become a weaknesses. Net net they made the tough decisions, in many cases actually removing themselves from leadership positions.

If your business has hit a plateau and you’re wondering how to take it to the next level, I suggest you ask yourself where you are as a leader in the Loyalty Paradox? Are you under indexed, over indexed, or balanced? Can you get past the human nature myopic of the Loyalty Paradox or do you need a trained, unbiased third party to help with that epic decision?

You need to know - the fate of your business may depend on it.

This article was originally published in February 2018 and has been updated.

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The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) defines narcissistic personality disorder as one that has:

A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior)

A constant need for admiration

A lack of empathy

The above personality traits begin by early adulthood and are manifested by at least 5 of the following 9 criteria:

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