As a long time manager in the business/finance world, I didn’t respect any of my employees until they earned it. I worked with people very well, but if I had to fire somebody I did. What is this person trying to say?
“I worked with people very well, but if I had to fire somebody I did.”
It is important to fire people who are damaging the organization or who don’t get along with customers or coworkers. Keeping them on causes good people to leave. It demotivates those who stay. A prime example is keeping an alcoholic, or worse, promoting him.
The author revealed motive with one picture of a post-it under the heading “Their long-term goals are not realistic” and on the post-it, “Goals:
—Become President of the United States
—Make a billion dollars
Thing is, someone has reached one goal and another has not but they are both running for POTUS.
As for firing people, if they are not good at their job, it is not where they belong and you were actually doing them a favor by firing them. Actions (poor performance) speaks louder than words.