http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/2013/01/leaner-and-meaner-part-4-beating-the-big-guys.html/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leaner-and-meaner-part-4-beating-the-big-guys A Blog for Business Owners Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:46:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/2013/01/leaner-and-meaner-part-4-beating-the-big-guys.html/#comment-7202 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:46:22 +0000 http://www.awakeat2oclock.com/?p=1664#comment-7202 I enjoyed the article, we have worked hard to bring our small business to the size and profitability to retain our top performers. Although we think of ourselves as a family we do cull the family to make room for new family members. Most of the time “family members” who are repeatable passed up will leave on their own: At times We need to let them know their future is not with us. When this happens we need to step back and rebuild the team, though recently we have the new member work for a week at a time with one trainer in their work related areas. after a month we confer with the trainers and see where their strengths are, should any of the managers feel the time investment will not pay off the individual is let go. the longer it takes to make that decision the more difficult it is to let them go–part of the family dilemma I suspect.

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