How Should Organizations Manage Underperforming Employees?

"A system of revival" comes before "the art of letting go"… Standards required by the courts and solutions pointed out by global data In every organization, there are employees who fall short of expectations. The problem is not the fact itself, but rather that most organizations deal with this issue by "not dealing with it." Managers postpone uncomfortable conversations, HR departments only record performance ratings, and management suddenly orders a "restructuring" one day. In the meantime, underperformance spreads from an individual problem to a team-wide problem. As of 2026, managing underperformers is no longer a choice between compassion and decisiveness. Procedural standards required by the courts are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and global data shows that a significant portion of underperformance stems from the management system rather than the individual employee. Employe…