Carrots aren't Tasty Unless They are Gold

It is sometimes hard to understand why we have field managers, then impose the personal opinions of the executives(based on experience of course) on the people that are on the ground and know the teams. Challenging sites with specific needs suffer due to the inflexible mindsets of upper management. I get it. They had tough experiences that shaped their mental framework. They have bosses to please, too. However, it seems there is a general fear of allowing others' judgement to prevail and make a decision that is within budget and sound for a location. Even though a newer team is not the creator of the bad results previously, there is no opportunity to get it corrected. There is not a manager reading this blog that would not want experienced internals for their location. Those managers would understand that it is tough to get anyone, especially internals into a challenging site. When you are short of internal talent, because of time and limited support in getting rid of poor talent, it may take even more to get folks that live farther away to go to that tricky job. In today's world, they want to go, but they also want some scratch to take it. The job they have is already good enough for now, so what is the incentive to go elsewhere. They are willing to wait for a better opportunity later. Guess what executives, people are balancing their careers and ambitions these days. Quit expecting the field managers to find rabid workaholics that will take a pay cut, drive an extra hour every day and smile about it to get promoted. They are looking for some loyalty and investment from their employers to go with their loyalty and investment. They already get a regular diet of garden variety carrots. It is silly to expect that they will do special tricks unless they get a special carrot.