Because I have worked closely with all kinds of clients in all kinds of industries, I have been able to pinpoint a widespread stumbling block that keeps too many organizations from being their best. It is the practice of tolerating mediocre performers.
Let’s face it, it’s not the dishonest or disrespectful or undependable people who keep us from excelling. Most of us are smart enough to cut our losses and fire those losers fast.
No, most often the cause of less than peak performance is the mediocre players who keep us from having exceptional, winning teams that outperform the competition.
The main reasons mediocrity is allowed to flourish are because:
There are some simple solutions to these problems, but, like most things worth doing, they aren’t necessarily easy:
This was originally published in the August 2011 Humetrics Hiring Hints newsletter.