Bradley HamnerFounder, BlueprintOS · Founder - Above the Business & BlueprintOS

When To Let Go of An Employee with Coach P

Name: When To Let Go of An Employee with Coach P
Uploaded: 2024-05-20T17:00:20+00:00
Duration: 52 s
Channel: Bradley Hamner
Description: In this segment of the YouTube talk, Coach P outlines how business owners should assess whether to continue investing in an underperforming employee. He…

20 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment of the YouTube talk, Coach P outlines how business owners should assess whether to continue investing in an underperforming employee. He emphasizes evaluating the employee’s activity level, personality, coachability, and accountability, noting that these traits can justify continued support for up to six to twelve months. He shares that he has retained four employees for that duration because they exhibited a positive attitude, resilience, and willingness to learn. However, he also stresses that a definitive cutoff is necessary when an employee lacks the requisite talent or is placed in an unsuitable role, urging owners to consider whether the person is in the right seat before deciding to let them go.

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If the results aren't there, is the activity— is the activity and the personality there? And this is where we will stick it out with a person. So some of— you know, I've got 4 people coming to mind immediately that it didn't hit until somewhere between 6 and 12 months. But the reason we stuck with them is because they were giving us everything that we were looking for. They had a positive personality. They weren't giving up. They were coachable. They took accountability. They weren't making excuses. Right. And because they were giving to us what we were looking for, we kept pouring into them. Now, ultimately, do I think there has to be a cutoff at some point? Yes. Right. Some people don't have the talent for this, which is where you have to realize as the business owner, have I put them in the right seat?