A manager's framework for six employee types: train the mistake-owners and hungry workers, replace the complainers, hiders, and misaligned smart people. Toxic high performers get replaced too. During crises, keep and train whoever stays, because loyalty beats rare skill.
Employee who complains about everything. Replace them with AI. Employee who made a mistake but owns it. Train them. Employee who hides mistakes. Replace them with AI. Top performer but toxic. Replace them with a lower performer that uses AI. Slow but hungry. Train them. Smart but does not respect the vision. Replace them with AI because intelligence without alignment is actually dangerous. Employee who stays during the crisis. Train. Skill is rare, but loyalty is even more rare.
