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The Hidden Cost of “Good Enough”

Why Mediocrity Is Killing Your Team — and How to Fight Back

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Mirek Stanek
Sep 15, 2025
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Mediocrity Is Contagious

The biggest threat to your team isn’t low performance.

It’s mediocrity.

Low performance is obvious.
It triggers a response.
You hire, fire, coach, escalate.

Mediocrity hides behind “good enough.”
It doesn’t scream. It seeps.
It drains your best people without a sound.

And when high performers see you tolerate it?
They do the same — or the…

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