Interesting. Mr. Sg published a paper on decision making with respect to tech many moons ago, and part of his project was to examine leadership styles and treatment of “failures.” One notable stated that he rewarded failure because it encouraged risk taking. He also stated that he did not reward making the same mistake twice.
I have a friend who’s dealing with a situation regarding a team member who doesn’t pull her weight (severe mismatch). What’s your view, or do you leave it up to management and not concern yourself with it? (I wonder how to deal w/it constructively.)
The culture of the workplace has a lot to do with the answer. We also have to understand the reason she's not pulling her weight. The biggest risk a team-member faces when trying to resolve such an issue is being viewed as a rat, and being mistrusted by other team members. This can happen even when everyone agrees something needs to be done.
PM me if your friend would like to discuss the issue. There are ways this can be handled. Ultimately, management needs to deal with skills issues, but there are things team members can do to enable or escalate poor performance without becoming rats.