How Do You Manage Low Performers?
Let's learn how to manage low performers.
When you’re managing a team, you’ll inevitably come across low performers. Every member has their strengths and weaknesses, and it’s your job as a manager to help them bring out their strengths and work on their weaknesses. A subpar performance from any team member can come from a variety of reasons. You should be able to demonstrate to the interviewer that you’re well-equipped to identify the problem and know how to deal with it.
What the interviewer is looking for
- How you identify low performers.
- The urgency with which you act on your findings since their performance impacts the whole team.
- Whether you’re dealing with it respectfully and are able to empathize with the low performer or not. Your confrontation with them shouldn’t come off as a complaint but as an offer to help. Be firm, but be kind.
- That you’re being meticulous in investigating the performance of this individual and not simply using a one-off,