We have a top-performing sales director who brings in thirty percent of our revenue but clearly violates our core values. How do we handle this core values misalignment without killing our sales pipeline?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Retaining a high performer who constantly violates your core values is a toxic compromise that will slowly destroy your company culture and credibility. In EOS®, this is a classic right seat, wrong person issue. While they have the GWC™ for their sales seat, they are actively damaging the team's trust and cohesion. If you allow this behavior to continue, you are sending a clear message to the rest of your employees that performance is more important than your values, rendering your V/TO® meaningless. You must address this head-on using the People Analyzer™ tool. Sit down with the sales director and show them the specific instances where their behavior did not align with your core values. Give them clear, actionable feedback and set a specific timeframe, usually thirty days, for them to correct their behavior. If they fail to make the necessary changes, you must let them go, regardless of their sales numbers. While losing thirty percent of your revenue in the short term is painful, keeping a toxic high performer will cost you far more in employee turnover, low morale, and operational drag. Protecting your culture is the only way to build a truly scalable and valuable business.