This is a really tricky subject for most of us, especially if you lead teams or own your own business. Let’s talk about how to fire someone.

Okay, so… before you press pause, say NOPE and move on to another episode, hear me out! This isn’t all doom and gloom and I dare say, these skills might help you in other aspects of leadership, communication and catching the warning signs when things, projects or people are about to go awry.

Earlier this week, we chatted with business coach Kelly Roach and she shared everything she knows about building an unstoppable dream team. And this got me thinking…

Before you make your first hire, you get really, really good at storing EVERYTHING up in your brilliant brain.

The buck stops with you. You handle sales and invoicing, pitching, social media marketing, designing, creating and delivering your products and services to your beloved clients.

It’s all you - all of the time.

And then something happens… you become wildly successful and you’ve got to scale (and FAST) in order to keep up with the sheer amount of work on your plate now.

That’s a good problem to have. But if you’ve got ZERO experience managing people, this can be a tricky transition to navigate.

And let’s face it… your first one or two hires (or fires!) might be where you cut your teeth on things, make a few mistakes and gain some massive lessons learned.

So, here we are… the wheels have come off the bus. Your team member is consistently showing up to work late, missing deadlines, is distracted at meetings, or acting a bit off.

When the time calls for it, you’ll need some guidelines to follow. Listen in for all the details:

5 simple steps on how to fire someone

1) Assess the situation 2) Put your listening ears on 3) Take corrective action 4) Follow-up, fire or refine 5) Set next steps accordingly Getting fired is no fun for anyone. But there’s a way to do this with professionalism and a certain level of kindness.

You are brave.

You can do this, I believe in you.

It’s time to SIMPLIFY.

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