Semenova: Competent but Disengaged Employees Increase Founder Loneliness
Janet Semenova · The Mental Health Pandemic Nobody Is Talking About Yet · Apr 6, 2021 · at 14:28
Janet Semenova explains the difference between employee competence and emotional investment in startup leadership.
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“It's a big difference between liking your job, being good at your job, doing your job well, and feeling like you are fully invested in the success of the company that you work with. You know, when you feel like your team members are there because they are Fully emotionally invested in seeing your company succeed. You're, you don't feel as lonely when you feel like your team members are good employees. They're doing a good job, but they don't truly care on a very deep and personal level. They don't have that innate loyalty. Then it definitely feels like a lot lonelier of a road.”
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