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Performance Punishment – It’s a real thing…

By Scott

Being good at your job often attracts more work.

Have you ever heard the phrase, “10% of the people do 90% of the work.”?

It’s called ‘performance punishment’ and is a dangerous game for leadership.

Overworking your high-performers and not growing your under-performers is a fast track to disaster.

It breeds resentment. High-performing employees will leave and under-performers realize their performance level is adequate to keep their job.

Leaders need to be careful of this or they will find themselves continually training, re-training or even re-hiring more under-performers while high-performers seek employment with compensation packages commensurate with their skill and performance standards.  Invariably, your high-performers have set expectations for themselves, and tend to hold their co-workers to those same expectations.  And when those expectations are not met, the problem becomes a focus for them driving up stress.  It is completely unfair to all concerned.

 

Be careful of this leadership pitfall.

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