We’ve all kept someone too long because they produced. The numbers were great, but the person was toxic to the culture. Here’s the hard truth about leadership: protecting your standard sometimes means letting go of your best. That’s not weakness. That’s courage.
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One person can slowly lower the value of your entire company. Leadership is tough. We're called to make tough decisions. Skills can improve. Things can get better. However, cultural violations will ultimately lower the overall standard within your company. We've all been there. We've all had to make the tough decision on a high performer. We've had to let someone go that produced really well, but was a cancer to the company. Leadership is tough, and it takes courage. Is this a decision that you know that you need to make, or that you know you've needed to make over the last couple of months, that you need to make very soon in order to protect everyone else at the company?
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