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Termination 101: How Smart Leaders Fire Without Breaking Laws, Trust, or Your Business
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Let’s face it... MBA programs don’t teach you how to fire someone. But if you're a small business owner or a manager, it’s not a matter of if, but when. In this brutally honest and surprisingly funny episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy Myers (CEO) and Josh Troche (Operations & Marketing) take you behind the scenes of employee terminations: how to do it legally, ethically, and without causing chaos in your company.
They unpack the messy emotional and legal realities of firing someone, from avoiding discrimination claims to protecting your company’s culture, brand, and team morale. You’ll hear personal stories, cautionary tales, and HR truths no one tells you—like what happens when you tell someone they’re getting fired... before the meeting.
Whether you’ve got five employees or 500, this episode will give you clear, actionable strategies for handling terminations the right way. You’ll learn how to document performance issues like a pro, why “at-will” doesn’t mean you can fire on a whim, how to conduct a respectful 90-second exit, what to do when a long-time employee becomes toxic, and the one thing you should never do in a termination meeting.
Packed with humor and real-world advice, this episode is your essential guide to handling one of leadership’s hardest moments with confidence and compassion.
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Chapters
1. MBA Didn’t Teach You How to Fire Someone (00:00:00)
2. Termination Talk Begins (00:02:30)
3. Termination is a Legal Decision, Not Just a Gut Feeling (00:04:27)
4. Why Documentation is Everything (00:05:44)
5. The Misuse of “Culture Fit” as an Excuse (00:09:15)
6. When Terminations Are Actually Management’s Fault (00:09:47)
7. The 25-Year Employee Dilemma (00:13:06)
8. Fear of Change and Avoiding Toxicity (00:16:46)
9. 90 Second Terminations and How to Do It Right (00:18:43)
10. When to Bring in HR or Legal Help (00:22:41)
11. Your Entire Team is Watching How You Handle This (00:31:03)
12. Summary: Termination Rules for Leaders (00:34:20)
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