While it would be ideal if employee performance was never an issue, understanding the options enables managers to succeed when it is....
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Many of my clients have been lamenting to me for the past few months about underperforming team members and whether they should fire them and replace with them with someone better.
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There are lot of things you can do to improve an employee's performance before you reach for the trap door lever. First, are the expectations and results desired clear, precise, quantifiable, and metric based? Are they written down and have you and your employee agreed to them together? Secondly, how often are you having one-to-ones and improving your coaching of your employees? Finally, are you actively working on employee engagement initiatives such as creating personal development plans and implementing a rigorous employee appreciation and recognition program? Simple steps to dramatically boost performance, effort, initiative, motivation, and proactivity.