By Sallie Krawcheck, Chair Ellevate
If you go into management, chances are pretty good that at some point you're going to fire someone.
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If you go into management, chances are pretty good that at some point you're going to fire someone. Maybe the fit isn't right, the work quality isn't there, the mistakes have added up, or the business focus is changing. Regardless, it's AWFUL.
Here's what not to do... and I've seen each of these mistakes made up close, and made a number of them myself:
Make it about you: Don't go on about how awful this makes you feel. Of course it does. You will feel bad (unless you're a psychopath); you may feel sick. But no matter how badly you feel, the person you're firing feels worse. Your emotions are very secondary, and spending time on how YOU feel while you're firing the person is way off-base.