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Strong performers get cut because reorganization decisions are made from documentation, not observation. Judgment and follow-through rarely appear in a performance record, which makes the most valuable person in the room invisible on paper.

I have made the same argument here every Thursday since July. But there is a second half of it that a blog written for organizations cannot reach.

Professional reputation is an asset. It is built slowly, over years, through deposits no one records. It is also portable. When she leaves, it leaves with her, fully formed, and arrives at whichever organization was smart enough to name it.