A HR training question.
'What does an external observer conclude when staff under a specific senior manager leave at a rate faster than is the norm for that sector/industry?'
The answer is 'That the senior manager is generally found to be an unpleasant person to report to/work for. That does not mean that the senior manager is not effective, but it does mean that continued support of that manager by their supervisors/employers will result in continued high staff turnover, which could impact negatively on the public perception of the organisation. Where training or other intervention to improve the situation is deemed unlikely to succeed, the supervising employer should seek alternative personnel to fulfil that role.'
The failure of so many organisations to follow this basic advice is indicative of a lack of professionalism at the highest levels of those organisations. In turn, one could conclude that continued poor management would eventually lead to crisis for the organisation itself, often commercial failure.
One has only to look at some British industries that have failed to see how true this is and was. Such as the car industry.
The problem is not Eddie. He is merely a symptom. At some point, his employers will have made such a poor job of running things that the organisation will fail. It has been coming for years.