“The #1 Reason to Fire Someone (and How to Do It Well)” was written by Gavin Adams. Gavin is a ministry and marketplace strategist, communicator, and leadership partner who spent 15 years in ministry leadership, most recently serving as the lead pastor at Woodstock City Church, a campus location of North Point Ministries.
The first time I heard the phrase “free up their future,” I giggled a little bit.
When I first had to make the painful decision to let someone go, that phrase ceased being funny.
Human Resources decisions are challenging. They should be. After all, people are not resources but humans. These people have families. They have friends. They’ve committed to the organization and potentially to you.
Letting them go feels like a lose-lose situation. On one side, they lose a job. On the other side, as the leader, you lose a staff member.
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