George Harris Fire History

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George Harris

Background
MBA; extremely bright; hard worker; knows business very well

Performance
His work group is performing well below standards; several discussions with senior management with solid plans for corrective action but little or no change in results

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Your Choice:	Fire - Terminate the problem employee and replace them with another one
3 months later
After much interviewing and discussion, you've finally found George's replacement. He is almost through with his initial training and orientation. Within a few more months, he should be up to speed and productive as a manager, once the team gets used to his particular style and way of doing things.
6 months later
George's replacement is really bright and has some wonderful ideas. He just needs to focus on getting his team working as hard as he does. If only they didn't have so many performance problems…
12 months later
George's replacement was fired along with most of his team. Nobody ever seemed to be able to concentrate on getting the job done. Perhaps if he had attended some kind of training…