In a television interview, General Electric CEO Jack Welch was asked how he evaluated people at GE. He responded, “I look at two things: Do they make their numbers (i.e., do they produce)? And, do they live GE values?”

Welch said it was easy to deal with productive employees who also exemplify GE values. You obviously would want as many in your organization as you can get.

Handling people who don’t produce and who also don't behave in accordance with GE values was also easy. Welch simply said, “You get rid of them!”