Top performer is no longer performing

[Anonymous]

My always-reliable direct report is starting to lose some credibility: forgetting to include me in review processes, not responding to requests in a timely manner, etc. and it’s making me look bad in the eyes of our CEO.

How do you bring a top performer back? He was promoted 2 years ago. He’s not able to be promoted again since he’s at the top of his job level (senior manager). He has to apply for the next level up (director) and can’t do that until the job is available, which probably won’t be until next year.

[Anonymous]

You really never heard of quiet quitting? He gone, dawg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You really never heard of quiet quitting? He gone, dawg.

Yes, but he still shows up to meetings and our 1:1s with big ideas and goals. So he can’t be totally gone. We’ve worked together for awhile and I hope he would respect me enough to tell me he’s looking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My always-reliable direct report is starting to lose some credibility: forgetting to include me in review processes, not responding to requests in a timely manner, etc. and it’s making me look bad in the eyes of our CEO.

How do you bring a top performer back? He was promoted 2 years ago. He’s not able to be promoted again since he’s at the top of his job level (senior manager). He has to apply for the next level up (director) and can’t do that until the job is available, which probably won’t be until next year.

Have you talked to him?

[Anonymous]

Long Covid?

[Anonymous]

Can he apply for your job if you get canned? Is he sabotaging you? Skipping you on review is serious. Making you look bad is serious. Document this stuff.
If it impacts team or your performance you need to get your boss in loop.

[Anonymous]

Maybe he is just bored. Give him an interesting special project.

[Anonymous]

19:08 maybe an employee assistance plan intervention is needed. Check your HR. This guy is knifing you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My always-reliable direct report is starting to lose some credibility: forgetting to include me in review processes, not responding to requests in a timely manner, etc. and it’s making me look bad in the eyes of our CEO.

How do you bring a top performer back? He was promoted 2 years ago. He’s not able to be promoted again since he’s at the top of his job level (senior manager). He has to apply for the next level up (director) and can’t do that until the job is available, which probably won’t be until next year.

Have you talked to him?

+1 he probably has something going on in his personal life and may just need some support temporarily. Sometimes the question is what can you do as a manager for your team and not just what can they do to make you look good.

[Anonymous]

A man right? Are you a woman? Do you need help stimulating male performance?

[Anonymous]

He is backstabbing his boss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can he apply for your job if you get canned? Is he sabotaging you? Skipping you on review is serious. Making you look bad is serious. Document this stuff.
If it impacts team or your performance you need to get your boss in loop.

He cannot apply for my job as I’m several levels above him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My always-reliable direct report is starting to lose some credibility: forgetting to include me in review processes, not responding to requests in a timely manner, etc. and it’s making me look bad in the eyes of our CEO.

How do you bring a top performer back? He was promoted 2 years ago. He’s not able to be promoted again since he’s at the top of his job level (senior manager). He has to apply for the next level up (director) and can’t do that until the job is available, which probably won’t be until next year.

Have you talked to him?

+1 he probably has something going on in his personal life and may just need some support temporarily. Sometimes the question is what can you do as a manager for your team and not just what can they do to make you look good.

I’ve talked to him and he said he’s fine personally, but that there’s a lot of stress and ambiguity in our organization resulting from new leadership. I can’t do anything to fix that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My always-reliable direct report is starting to lose some credibility: forgetting to include me in review processes, not responding to requests in a timely manner, etc. and it’s making me look bad in the eyes of our CEO.

How do you bring a top performer back? He was promoted 2 years ago. He’s not able to be promoted again since he’s at the top of his job level (senior manager). He has to apply for the next level up (director) and can’t do that until the job is available, which probably won’t be until next year.

Ask him what's changed.

[Anonymous]

He’d burned out.