It is no brainer that employees who fit your organization’s culture stay longer and hiring the right match assures continued success.

Organizational culture is civilization in the workplace - Alan Adler

I read this interesting article on HBR.org, 'Culture is a social control system. Here the focus is on the role of culture in promoting and reinforcing 'right' thinking and behaving, and sanctioning 'wrong' thinking and behaving'. That is true, and sometimes the whole business model can be your culture. For example - the friendly and open culture in organizations like Disney, Zappos, Facebook etc. And most often it is the consistent pattern of behavior in the organization. So beware of the risk of having someone continue working with you who is detrimental to your organization’s culture. Not only can he influence others negatively, his actions can also effect your brand. I talked about why hiring a culture fit is important over a post here, and now I wanted to highlight why you should be willing to let go of those who don’t fit. Especially the ones who are in leadership or managerial roles.