“Employees who serve on the PAC Board will have constant access to the senior leaders of the company.”

Obviously, the person who said this has never served on a PAC Board, had to recruit PAC members or manage a PAC. Those of us who have served in one of these capacities know that nothing provides constant access to your senior company leaders.

This Prime Fib disturbs us because people who took this advice are surely de-motivated after the “constant access” never materialized. Management expert Victor Vroom, through years of research, developed the Expectancy Theory. The Expectancy Theory states that when expectations do not meet reality, people become de-motivated. The ultimate outcome of de-motivated PAC members is a higher drop out rate, negative word of mouth to potential PAC members, resulting in less PAC funds.