"If they have plateaued internally, should the employee be replaced with someone who has not plateaued yet?" There are a variety of opinions on this matter. My

"If they have plateaued internally, should the employee be replaced with someone who has not plateaued yet?" There are a variety of opinions on this matter. My personal one is "set the bar at the point they can do good self-directed and mostly self-managed work". If they can get and stay above the bar, awesome, i would never replace them.