In today’s episode of the My Job Here Is Done podcast, we discuss the awful situation of having to fire someone. We also float some Pro Tips on how to make terminations expected, if required, and not a surprise event for the employee.
WHAT TOPICS DO WE COVER?
* The differences and proper uses of the terms You’re Fired - We’re Letting You Go, and We’re Laying You Off.
* Ideas on how to make careful but quick hiring decisions that merge naturally into a defined Orientation Period.
* How to watch for early patterns of concerning behavior and advice on bidding a fast farewell, if necessary
* How does employee termination affect your team, and what happens when you don’t communicate well.
* The difference between progressive discipline and performance improvement plans.
* A story about how local government employees handle the “new guy boss” and literally change jobs, culture, and priorities every election cycle, and what we can learn from that.
WHAT’S THE TAKE-AWAY?
Firing or letting go of employees is just a horrible event for everyone - nobody wins. We think you can minimize these events, grow a better workforce, and have an incredible culture of employee professional development if we add a bit of extra process and procedure. We’d love your feedback.
WE USED THESE RESOURCES:
Besides our experiences that directly relate to this topic, we found the following resources very helpful in preparing for this episode:
From Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2020/03/firing-with-compassion
From INC Magazine: https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/how-to-fire-an-employee.html
From our previous episode "Toss THIS Salad Out" https://www.myjobhereisdone.com/toss-this-salad-out/
WHO ARE DAVE AND KELLI?
An Entrepreneur and Intrapreneur duo with street smarts, ‘preneurial’ chops, and a penchant for storytelling.
Dave and Kelli met as teenagers and have a life-long story of their own. They took separate and very contrasting career paths, both struggling with challenges and celebrating their career successes in very different ways.
Over the years, they noticed similarities in the stories they shared about their work, the people they interacted with, and how business was conducted. Kelli, who “worked for the man like a dog for decades,” and Dave, who “started or ran businesses all of his life,” quickly realized there is substantial value for others in those combined experiences.
The “My Job Here Is Done” Podcast is the result. Ultimately, you’re either building a great business or moving up the career ladder of success, and we absolutely know we can help!
HOW TO WORK WITH US
If you like what you hear in the podcast, we have more to share with companies that we work with.
With the foundation of business experience from Dave and Kelli as a team, in concert with subject matter experts from the rich roster of smart people in our network, we have put these goals, culture themes, and operational processes you hear on the podcast to the test - and they work.
If you have a complicated problem to solve, and if you believe in the balanced approach that the needs of the business must be aligned with the needs of employees - AND you like to play to win - click here to learn how you can work with us.
