How to Fire Someone Without Stripping Them of Their Dignity
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Sometimes you just reach the end of your rope.
Many women stepping into leadership roles have a hard time with difficult conversations, like job terminations. They’re afraid of hurt feelings or making a soon-to-be-former employee feel small in the process.
But there comes a time when you, as a CEO, just have to let someone go. You’ve given them multiple chances, and for whatever reason, it just isn’t working.
You don’t have to lose sleep over how to give them the pink slip, though. There’s a way to do it quickly and humanely.
In this episode of the Pleasurable Profits podcast, you’ll learn my formula for firing someone, politely but also firmly. I’ll teach you the mindset you need when approaching your employee and how to let them go while protecting your business (because yes, there could be danger there girl, if you’re not careful).
3:02 - The valuable lesson about work relations that my first sales mentor taught me
5:07 - Who’s actually responsible for firing people
8:16 - How to best approach someone you’re about to let go (rookie managers especially need to beware of this)
10:13 - The simple, straight-forward formula you can use to fire someone
12:34 - The potentially costly mistake you must not make
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