Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 18, 2022

As people come onto your team, they put their trust in you. They shackle them with golden handcuffs or maybe they beat them down with unkind words. Discover their dreams: You can’t help your team members release their dreams if you don’t know their dreams. Maybe even help them achieve their dreams.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 30, 2010

On the flip side, people who I know who don’t love their jobs but make lots of money seem to spend a lot of time throwing around words like “golden handcuffs” and seem to be perpetually stressed and unhappy. When it comes to long-term career happiness, money and titles wear off pretty quickly.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Whoever called them golden handcuffs wasn't joking. In 2005, an investment banker was asked to lead a small team in (now) rapidly growing Latin America. Lamented one investment banker, "I dream of quitting every day, but I have too many commitments." I wish I had quit earlier.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

Later, Roach said, in disappointment, “He was rejecting a team with $3 trillion.” This employee shareholding system is referred to within Huawei as the “silver handcuff.” ” It is a system that is different from the more common stock option arrangement, which is often termed the “golden handcuff.”

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

’ It fostered a false sense of security for employees, paying higher salaries than the marketplace, thus keeping employees dependent upon the system via golden handcuffs. Training, empowerment and team-building programs were cut and never reinstated. Team empowerment suffers. Community Relations.

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