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How to Fire: A Fair, Effective Process to Resolve Difficult Personnel Issues

Restaurant owners and managers often err on the side of hanging onto problem employees for way too long. This course will make it much easier to manage difficult personnel issues and help you make the best decision for everyone involved.

How to Fire: A Fair, Effective Process to Resolve Difficult Personnel Issues

About This Course

Category:

Personnel

Recommended For:

Owner, Managers

Learning Time:

11 minutes

What You Will Learn

The prospect of having to fire an employee is never an easy thing to do. But often owners and managers err on the side of allowing underperforming or problem employees to hang around way too long.

This short and to the point course will show you and your managers an effective way to give underachieving team members ample opportunity to correct their behavior and get back on track. However, if the issue isn't resolved in a timely manner, you'll learn the rationale for letting them go in a timely manner and how do conduct the final discussion in a respectful, effective way.

  • Why you shouldn't hang on to problem employees for too long
  • How to take underperforming team members through a fair, consistent process of resolving their performance or behavior issues
  • Suggestions for what to say and how to frame your discussions at each stage of the process
  • Why you should document each step of the process and how to do it

Instructor: Jim Laube


Jim Laube

Founding RestaurantOwner.com in 1998, Jim is a seasoned expert in the restaurant industry. With a diverse background spanning from frontline roles to CFO roles, he brings unmatched expertise as a former advisor and CPA to independent restaurants. Having trained thousands of professionals on restaurant accounting and controls, Jim remains dedicated to developing valuable resources and training programs for independent restaurant success.

Section 1
Introduction
Introduction
  • 1.
    Introduction
    1:35
Section 2
A Fair, Effective 4 Step Process
A Fair, Effective 4 Step Process
  • 2.
    Downs 1, 2 and 3
    3:27
  • 3.
    A Fair, Effective 4 Step Process Quiz
    1:00
Section 3
4th Down
4th Down
  • 4.
    How to follow through and make the final call
    4:08
  • 5.
    4th Down Quiz
    1:00

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