I read a book that was about cultivating a high performance team. Bottom line was similar to the seminar you mention, but slightly different.
The short version is set expectations clearly, have regular reviews, and make it clear when expectations are not being met. After a few bad reviews the most likely outcomes are that they improve or they find another job and go away on their own. If they don’t do either one then you have documentation of these reviews and you can drop them without fear of any unfounded accusations. -Adam From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@go-mtc.com Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 4:22 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] OT Problem employees I many years ago I went to a skilpath seminar on what to do with problem employees. After two days the bottom line was that you probably will not change them, learn to live with them or fire them. So for a number of years I gave them gentle performance reviews, some respectful feedback and then fired the ones the did not perform. There was some positive outcomes. We frequently could find someone better for the position. I used to say that I have never regretted firing anyone and almost always realized that I should have done it long ago. And I have remarked that part of our success is that we did fire people. I still believe that is true and is good advice. But in the past few years I have changed my view and tactic a little bit. I got tired of performance reviews, coaching, coddling, firing etc. I just started chewing ass. Not to the point that I created permanent psychic damage, but certainly some temporary psychic damage. One gen Z kid told me the next day that he was OK, had a cry in his car but he is now OK. And he is now OK, good performer. I decided I did not want to waste the training I invested. And that if they could survive the ass chewing and learn from it, I ended up overall in a better situation and they did too. So far I haven’t fired anyone since starting this I don’t think. One guy is on thin ice but he only got his ass chewing on Thursday. We will see if can pull it out. Sick of coddling Gen Z.
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