Logic: in any given group, one person will ALWAYS have the lowest productivity.
That’s not the problem, nor the metric that should be addressed. The question is: does that person meet the criteria to be successfully accomplishing their job?
One company (General Electric, under Jack Welch) implemented a policy that required managers fire the lowest-performing 10% of their staff every year, then replace them with new workers. That worked for a couple of years, then managers got wise, and begin hiring people they KNEW would fail at the job . . . making it easier to control the outcomes.
So, if measured by the job’s stated standards, the individual is accomplishing the even the minimum goals . . . they are succeeding. Continue coaching them – but don’t threaten their jobs.
Logic: in any given group, one person will ALWAYS have the lowest productivity.
That’s not the problem, nor the metric that should be addressed. The question is: does that person meet the criteria to be successfully accomplishing their job?
One company (General Electric, under Jack Welch) implemented a policy that required managers fire the lowest-performing 10% of their staff every year, then replace them with new workers. That worked for a couple of years, then managers got wise, and begin hiring people they KNEW would fail at the job . . . making it easier to control the outcomes.
So, if measured by the job’s stated standards, the individual is accomplishing the even the minimum goals . . . they are succeeding. Continue coaching them – but don’t threaten their jobs.