Firing: Page 5

Leadership

Are Your Employees Capable of and Willing to Do the Job?

For most employers, deciding whether or not to fire an employee is the toughest call they make.

Leadership

Dignity and the Pink Slip: What Are You Doing to Bring Decency to the Process?

Communicating with, rather than avoiding, someone who's been terminated helps ease that experience's painful effects.

Business News

Theranos Is Laying Off Another 155 Employees

The company's 'core team' will continue development of a new miniLab.

Growing a Business

4 Things Every Entrepreneur Needs to Do the First Week of the New Year

Don't just get busy, get busy doing what is basic to growth the next 12 months.

Leadership

6 Ways to Reinvigorate Your Team After Firing an Employee

Good leaders will wisely assess the situation and find the courage to take action following a firing or round of layoffs.

Making a Change

This Tennis Pro Gives Quitting a Really Bad Name

Quitting so you come out ahead is good business. Throwing your career away because you're in a bad mood is something different.

Leadership

3 Signs It's Time to Fire the Boss

Firing an executive is sure to create anxiety but sometimes you have no alternative except to push past your fears and make a change.

Leadership

How to Fire Someone So They'll Thank You For It

Take time to help employees realize getting fired isn't the end of the world.

Employee Experience & Recruiting

2 Questions to Ask Before You Fire Someone

The only thing worse than making a hiring mistake is to keep making that mistake.

Thought Leaders

Getting Fired Was Step 1 to Increasing My Pay 1,000% in 3 Months

The boss telling you you're done isn't so bad when you know you should have quit that job a long time ago.

Entrepreneurs

What's In Store for Startup Hiring In 2016 and Beyond?

Mindless growth has clearly taken a backseat and startups are looking to strengthening their presence in fewer cities and focusing on unit economics.

Leadership

Have to Terminate an Employee? Here Are 5 Best Practices.

Important points include minimizing the departing staffer's embarrassment -- and keeping an eye on his or her actual departure.

Business News

Lending Club's CEO Resigns After Internal Probe, Shares Plummet

Three senior managers have also resigned or were fired in connection with the internal probe, the company said.

Leadership

How to Handle Personal Conflicts Professionally

Whether it's a betrayal, a personal dislike or a choice between public or private acknowledgement, personal conflicts can arise at work. Find out the right way to navigate these situations.

Resumes & Interviewing

Lessons I've Learned About Getting Hiring Right the First Time

Firing an employee is among the most unpleasant responsibilities of being boss, in part because their failure is also your failure.