What do I do?

It's almost a month!!
I need to draw the line & take a call.

Hmm!! It is so easy making a decision for self. I would have done it in a whisker. I now have to decide something, rather unpleasing, that could affect someone else :(

I have tried my best. Talking to him, trying to help him. But unfortunately, things do not seem getting anywhere. I was appraised, at the beginning only, of the nature of problem this person had & why the firm was rethinking about his services. I was appraised of the efforts put in earlier in that regard too. But then, I didn't want it to happen to a fellow being. May be things could get better. I dared a month's time, much against monition from others, thinking I could change things a little. I have done that before & believed could do it this time too.

But the problem was of a different kind; rather of several kinds. I wonder, why we do not realize the importance of being professional at work. Today's workplace is a demanding one. The expectations are huge; skills (technical & otherwise), aptitude, attitude, passion, ownership in seeing a task to completion to mention a few. We need to realize the importance of results and act. It's for an individual to inculcate these and add value in being part of an organization. Others can only help to a level. Certain skills can be taught; they are only a matter of time. But certain others, mainly the perceptions & attitude, are hard to be changed.

And that is what we are facing with this individual. He comes out too insecure; scared of almost everything & everyone. His lack of confidence affects his interaction with others who, with time, have grown less inclined in helping him. He has his technical & analytical limitations. These limitations are not a problem; we all have limitations; but his indifference to them is the problem. He is so full of sympathy for self, he spends his energy conveying it to others rather than work on what is needed!! He is always submerged in his own problems and hence organizational dependencies on him suffer.

My attempts to get him out of this have yielded little. I am running out of the time I bought for him & am being asked for a decision. As much as I sympathise with him, I need to go rational & decide.

To continue with him or not.

What do I do?