If a company’s hiring process can only find employees of which only (say) 20% can “exceed expectations”, why don’t companies obsessively improve their hiring process? Mean Time to Hire = Efficiency % High Performers = Effectiveness Focus on #effectiveness! #Leadership

Or do what Netflix does and expect top performers and if they’re not, let them go and find a top performing replacement.

Yes, I’m a fan of the “keeper test”. You can’t have excellence if you continue to tolerate mediocrity. But, I’d rather focus my energies at the top of the funnel to reduce the impact of poor/toxic performers wreaking havoc on the organization’s strategy, roadmap and team morale.