Before pulling the trigger on termination, distill the decision to a single question: was this person genuinely trying? A 'couldn't' (tried hard, failed honestly) is almost never fireable. A 'wouldn't' (capable but unmotivated or coasting) is almost always fireable, regardless of past wins or pedigree. Collapsing personnel decisions to this binary removes politics, recency bias, and outcome-chasing.
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