"Leaders who believe that destructive superstars are “too important” to fire often underestimate the damage they can do. Stanford researchers Charles O’Reilly and Jeffrey Pfeffer report a revealing episode at a clothing retailer. The company fired a top-producing salesman who was a bad apple. After he was gone, none of his former colleagues sold as much as he had. But the store’s total sales shot up by nearly 30%. The lesson, according to the researchers: “That one individual brought the others down, and when he was gone, they could do their best."
- A Few Troublesome Employees Can Outweigh the Good - WSJ.com
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