Dealing With Difficult Employees - Episode 27

Profit and Principle · Oct 21, 2026 · 20m · transcript

You know exactly who this episode is about. The person on your team whose name comes up in every one-on-one, always the same concern, always followed by the unspoken question: why hasn’t anyone addressed this? Most leaders jump from avoidance straight to termination without ever trying the thing in between. That thing has a name — and Scripture lays out the process with more precision than most management training programs.

Episode Summary

Difficult employees don’t resolve themselves through proximity to a good culture. They require a specific kind of attention — direct, honest, and genuinely…