Political correctness has gone wild. Do not worry, I will not go into a diatribe about how we have subversed our national culture by catering to an incredibly small portion of the population. What this verbiage is about is how the concept of political correctness has seeped into the art of good leadership. Consider this: in an effort to not “upset” their worst performers, most leaders spend a majority of their time coaching and counseling this segment of their team. In the process, they ignore their best performers, who they perceive as self-managing very well. Yet, who hurts a company more if they leave, a good performer or a bad performer? That‘s right, the good performer. So leaders, I implore you: don’t be correct, be smart! The ROI you receive by spending time and effort with your top performers and high-potential people is vastly higher than any time you spend with low performing people. It is a cruel fact, but the business world calls for survival of the fittest – there is nothing politically correct about that. Treat everyone nicely (this makes sense), it is how you would want to be treated anyway. But for goodness sake, take a peek at your team’s results and spend an exorbitant amount of your energy on your best producers. I assure you, they will appreciate the attention and growth opportunities. They might even stick around a bit longer.