Episode 38: Necessary Endings - Adding and Subtracting Employees

Hiring & Firing. These two words can bring anxiety and other mixed emotions to any business owner. It’s never easy, it’s not always fun, and there’s plenty of room for error. But thankfully, there’s also room for great opportunity… opportunitity for growth and expansion, flexibility and freedom. Today, I’m going to teach you my 8-step framework for transitioning employees, the same exact one I use to guide CEOs at Cathedral Consulting, so you can get the right people on your team and build a meaningful, valuable business, the right way.

The Conversation:

5:27 - The biggest mistakes most employers make when it comes to hiring...

7:54 - “Hire Slow, Fire Fast.”

8:52 - Staff require care and feeding

9:45 - You’ve been promoted to Chief Reminding Officer.

10:26 - Why you can't scale without people.

12:27 - What do you do when it's just not working out?

16:22 - Make the hard decision and go with your gut.

18:02 - "It's not the ones you fire that will drive you nuts"

20:09 - Treating others with dignity - The right way to fire someone.

24:32 - Debriefing...