Have the Right Person in Every. Single. Position.

If you are not great at hiring high-talent people, then you cannot truly be comfortable letting good people go.

Fundamental tenets of talent-management philosophy

1. Responsibility for hiring great people, and for determining whether someone should move on, rest primarily with managers.
2. For every job, try to hire a person who would be a great fit, not just adequate.
3. Be willing to say goodbye to even very good people if their skills no longer matched the work you need done.

Knowing when it's time for people to move on goes hand in hand with bringing in top performers with the skills you need