There are a few grounds to stand a team member who makes inordinate requests:
- You anticipated you would;
- His skills are peerless;
- He’s a great grapeviner – has good political influence that you think would help you one day;
- Consequences of informing the client that you’ve sacked him are much worse ;
- He’s indispensible…
It’s probably worth sacking a team member if:
- He intentionally spoils inter-team relationships;
- Your project is suffering from him doing less than great work consistently;
- He’s politically unwise – makes you vulnerable;
- He diverts you from creating win-win-win for the customer, your company and your team members;
- He’s easily replaceable…
Many a time, leaders are afraid to sack their team members, no matter how inordinate or unreasonable their requests are.
Much stupid is to forget that the cost of NOT doing the right thing is ALWAYS to be paid, with interest.
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