When individual performance falters, the answer isn’t clear-cut. It’s buried under company quirks and constraints, team dynamics, and personal realities. This manager guide walks through scenarios like role elimination, skills mismatch, overleveling, and values misalignment to unearth the considerations, traps, and answer the question—Should I coach or not? Because deciding to let someone go deserves care lest you erode a culture under the tyranny of competition and fear.
