Lenny’s Podcast89 min
How to fire people with grace, work through fear, and nurture innovation
Matt Mochary · Nov 10, 2022
Key learnings
- When you sense fear clouding judgment, make a low-stakes bet with a peer on the opposite prediction; Mochary says fear has…
- Deliver layoff news one-on-one, never via email or group chat, since impersonal delivery is what turns layoffs into anger and…
- Separate the decision from its implementation: decide based on what serves the customer, then address the hurt of each affected…