How Not to Fire Someone | Ep 05

I hate confrontation, I hate difficult conversations, I hate having to deliver bad news. This made me terrible at firing someone. I would keep people in my business way longer than I should have. This had a bad impact on my business and finances.In this solo episode, I share the worse example of firing someone in my business. It was a big failure on my part. I share with you the lessons I learned and what I do differently. Mistakes I made in hiring people and how to hold people to account.One of my most cringeworthy stories about firing someone in the worse possible way.What support you can get with your employment law as a small business or solopreneur. The best process to follow when terminating someone's contract/firing someone.Like this show? Please leave us a review here. ***Jeremy Jacobs is an experienced entrepreneur, business consultant, and mentor. He started his career in digital marketing, managing multi-million-pound campaigns for well-known global brands. He left that career to start 2 businesses including a food manufacturing company with his Mum which ran successfully for 13 years. He now works as a mentor and consultant for a wide range of businesses including start-ups and solo entrepreneurs through his marketing and management consultancy, Cookie Jar Consultancy. He has an MBA with Distinction from the University of Sussex. He is proudly neurodivergent and a member of the LGBTQ+ community. He lives in Sussex with his partner and their two dogs.Personal website: https://jeremyjacobs.co.ukCookie Jar: http://cookiejar.info/social media accounts: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyjacobsuk/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjacobsukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeremyjacobsuk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.