Have you heard of this statement “hire slow, fire fast?”  It’s a good school of thought to follow when managing employees.  A bad hire decreases the productivity of everyone on your team.   Yet…you still need a process in place to deal with employee issues and termination.

New Employees

What does firing fast mean?   It doesn’t mean the first time an employee’s performance is below satisfactory you terminate them.   What it does mean is that you are coaching, counseling and tracking the performance of your new hires.  If you see that an employee is not able to perform the essential functions of their position, you need to intervene quickly out of respect for them, you and the rest of your team.

Final Step

What do you do after you have coached and counseled an employee and they still do not meet performance expectations or correct the behavioral issue(s)? It can be a challenge to decide if an employee is going to succeed in their role.

You can’t change a person’s effort or behavior…only they can. What you can do is give them:

·Clear performance expectations,
·effective training and
·provide them with a respectful work environment.