Managing team cohesion
In Chapter 3, Managing and Growing an Analytics Team, we discussed managing talented jerks and the need to hire the best possible people. The previous points were made, and the discussion remains valid. It is worth reiterating that a bad hire will dampen and diminish the cohesion of the team and the team's ability to collaborate. Once you realize that a person is a poor fit with the group, move to collaborate with the human resources department quickly to manage them out of the company or, to put it more plainly, to fire them.
It is important that you do not equivocate or waiver. You may think that it will take time away from other tasks, and it will, but acting quickly and decisively will be better for you, the team, and, in the end, the employee who is not working out.
The most dangerous element of this situation is that if you attempt to help this person in fitting in, you will waste your time, the team will see that you have made a poor decision...
