Weed Your Garden

I view my therapy team as a "garden" and sometimes you get a weed in your garden.  If you don't remove the weed, it will drain the energy out of the rest of your garden.   A weed affects everyone on the team.  They stir up trouble every chance they get.... point out everyone else's flaws... determined to "right the wrongs" in the department.... gossip... criticize.... ignore the rules.... WEEDS!  What do you do with a weed?  You could spend hours on end trying to change the weed... teach it to grow the right way... and produce the right fruit.  But in the end a weed is a weed and it will never be a productive plant.  Get rid of your weed and the rest of your garden will flourish.  Try to recognize the difference between a struggling plant and a weed.  A great manager can tell the difference when someone is trainable and when it's hopeless.  Don't waste your time on a lost cause...  spend your time pruning the other plants (training them) and watch a department come to life.