"A mediocre employee in your group is more than one mediocre employee--he or she is a human multiplier-effect, to the downside. If you have even one mediocre employee, you have announced to the world that mediocrity is okay by you, while conceding that you are willing to slow the entire group for the sake of the worst employee.
Thus, allowing that one person to stay is not being kind or generous; it's dangerous. It's dangerous for the individual, who knows that, at some level, he or she is doing second-rate work, and who you are locking into mediocrity, and it is dangerous for the group, which is slowed and distracted."
--from (Great) Employees Only.
This book will divides the 48 chapters into the following parts:
PART I: 90-10-0: The Formula for Leadership Success.
PART II: From Employees to Allies.
PART III: The Graceful Art of De-Hiring.
PART IV: Inspiring, Effortless Leadership (The First Step in Hiring Great Employees).
PART V: Hiring Is What You Do So You Don’t Have to Manage (and It’s What You Do with Some of the Time You Save by Not Having to Manage).
PART VI: Understanding Bureaucrats, Upper Management, and Other Distractions.
