CNN - Here is how Navalent co-founder and managing partner Ron Carucci, who works with CEOs pursuing transformational change, put it based on the publicly available reports he’s seen: “If you were looking to leave your organization in shambles, unable to perform after downsizing, leaving workers in a paralyzed state of fear, resentment and sabotage, (Musk’s) doing a marvelous job.”
The lessons here for corporate leaders tasked with restructuring a company are many, even for those people who are highly critical of the approach Musk and DOGE are taking.
There have been a lot of reports of federal workers being fired then quickly rehired once agencies realized people with critical skills had been let go. (See, for example: Those managing the US nuclear arsenal, and those working at USDA on the response to the bird flu outbreak.)
Had DOGE, with assistance from the agencies, done its research beforehand, those kinds of sloppy, dangerous errors would be far less likely.
“Most companies are methodical and reflective about this,”
said Cindy Wahler, who helps organizations with leadership assessment,
executive coaching and identifying needed leadership competencies.
“There are usually months and months of analysis before any
recommendations are made around restructuring.” More
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