Elevating What Works

Elevating What Works

Good Leaders Do This

Fire People with Due Process and Dignity

Lesson 4 of 5 in Human Resources Fundamentals

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Ben Baran
Aug 28, 2025
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What This Means

In most organizations and cultures, firing someone is the strongest form of discipline that a manager can take with an employee.

As such, it must be handled carefully.

This has two facets.

First, good leaders fire people in a way that follows an appropriate process to ensure fairness and to minimize risk to the organization.

Second, good lead…

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