Vì sao nhiều người bất tài lại được làm sếp người khác?

đó gọi là 'doubling down' on a bad decision,

giống một đôi khi yêu hục hặc nhau suốt ngày, nhưng ko chia tay, mà vẫn cưới nhau, vì bên nhau lâu quá rồi...

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Dear Dan,

The managing partners at my firm spent a lot of time and money to recruit a well-credentialed senior associate. Since this senior associate joined the firm, his performance has been underwhelming (không gây được ấn tượng). Everyone expected he would be fired (sa thải). Instead, we just found out he was promoted (thăng chức) to partner (cổ đông, người hùn vốn). Why would the firm keep and promote a bad hire?

—Eugene

A human tendency called “escalation of commitment” could be at work here. If the partners fire the associate, that’s an admission of a mistake and calls their judgment into question. Promoting the underperforming associate instead affirms the initial decision, even though it isn’t good for the firm in the long run.

Doubling down on a bad decision in order to justify it is not unique to your firm. Consider a troubled couple who get married instead of breaking up just because they have been together for years. Or an NBA coach who gives more court time to players based on their draft number, rather than their performance. In short, this bias is rather common, and we would gain a lot by dealing with it more directly.

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