376: How to Fire Someone You Care About | Feedback Friday
Jul 10, 2020
Discover the challenges of compassionately letting go of an employee during tough economic times. Explore strategies for navigating job interviews in the age of social distancing. Learn how embracing vulnerability can foster personal growth and reconciliation with past relationships. The importance of sincere connections over networking is highlighted, along with insights into multi-level marketing pitfalls. Finally, recognize the art of self-improvement and the value of owning past mistakes for future success.
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Layoff Considerations
Separate this employee's quality from your circumstances and consider your values.
Ask yourself how important tenure, quality, and your need to protect this person are.
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COVID Interview Etiquette
Ask about mask and handshake policies beforehand, but be prepared for anything.
Err on the side of caution, bring a mask, and sanitize after a handshake.
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Overcoming Creative Fear
If you're not embarrassed by your old work, you're not growing.
Embrace mistakes as part of the creative process and get feedback along the way.
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Because of the economic downturn, you're forced to lay off someone who gave up a lot to accept the job on your recommendation. How do you fire someone you care about? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!
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Because of the economic downturn, you're forced to lay off someone who gave up a lot to accept the job on your recommendation. How do you fire someone you care about?
How should you approach handshakes and face masks for an onsite job interview during the pandemic without seeming unfriendly, strange, or paranoid (or reckless or ignorant)?
You want to make your voice heard, but how do you overcome the fear of being exposed, on display, and held to old opinions or snapshots of who you were at a certain period when it's a barrier to your growth?
Now sober, you burned a lot of bridges when you weren't. While doing an inventory of your network, should you reach out and apologize to people you wronged, and if you didn't wrong them, how much of a connection do you need to just reach out and be personal?
Your gullible brother got out of an MLM scam only to get wrapped up in a currency exchange "company" that operates in a similar manner. How can you help him see the error of his ways without risking his tendency to dig in deeper?
As Benjamin Hardy might say: what's next for Future Jordan?
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