Youtube.com has an interesting video" by Dale Dauten, aka "The Corporate Curmudgeon." about "de-hiring" employees. He coined the term in his most recent book, (Great) Employees Only: How Gifted Bosses Hire and De-Hire Their Way to Success, and it refers to managing personnel in such a way that unproductive employees leave a business without the pain, suffering, or hassle of a formal termination.
We are of like minds here,as I would hope many are, when he recommends having a one-on-one meeting with new recruits to explain what is expected of them in order for them to become great employees. And setting doable (by great employees) goals. They either blossom into exceptional employees or they fail to meet expectations and they find more suitable employment.
He speaks to his methods as managing from the heart. That is exactly how I look at creating a great staff of employees. One by one, recruit, attract, or develop developing an entire team of achievers. No one wins when marginal employees remain on a staff. It is unfair for talented personnel to be asked to take up the slack. But is most painful and stressful for poor performers to continue to disappoint themselves and their employers.
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