Omar Zenhom suggests imagining you fired your entire team, then rehiring only those you'd enthusiastically bring back after 10 days. Four questions reveal who stays: do they meet standards, improve, align with your future, and would you rehire them today? His rule: when there's doubt, there's no doubt.
How do you know when to fire somebody? Ask yourself. If you were forced to fire everybody on your team, you had to fire them, no questions asked. Who would you rehire? You know, 10 days later, that thought experiment is going to tell you a lot about who your A players are. And who are your not so great players. Does this person consistently meet the standards of the role? Are they improving? Are they aligned with the future of the company? And would you enthusiastically rehire them today? If the answer is a no to any of those questions, you have your answer. When there's doubt, there's no doubt.
