Why do bosses like employees with mediocre abilities?

A strange phenomenon we may find in the workplace is that many people around the boss, such as

executives or core management personnel of the company, from the perspective of bystanders From the looks of it, it seems that they are not people with particularly strong working abilities. Some of them are not outstanding talents considered by the industry or the industry, but are just people with average abilities. We may ask whether those companies and professionals who are strong when recruiting are likely to be reused by their bosses and adapt to the development of the company. Many bosses often like to hire people with poor abilities but who are absolutely loyal to them, and they never tire of doing so.

In fact, there are two types of mediocre people like the boss. One is knowing that his abilities are limited

and knowing that if he chooses to change jobs, he will not be able to succeed based on his own ability. If there is a good development, then it is better to follow your boss. At least you will have a stable job, and you may have good prospects with your boss.

The other is to believe that the boss's personal charm agrees with the boss's values, that he is a true like-minded person, and that he is willing to go to great lengths to realize the boss's wishes.

What the boss actually needs most is the second type of talent. Of course, sometimes the first kind of talent is also necessary. Because companies need different talents at different stages of development.

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