Dan Martell - May 10, 2025


How to Fire Someone Gracefully


Episode Stats


Length

37 seconds

Words per minute

225.99469

Word count

142

Sentence count

6


Summary

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How do you fire someone gracefully? How do you let go of a player that you know is not going to be a good fit on your team? In this episode, I talk about the process of letting go of someone who you know will never be a top performer.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 How do you fire somebody gracefully?
00:00:01.700 You know you mess it up if the person is surprised.
00:00:04.000 By the time I decide to fire somebody,
00:00:06.620 what I call transition them off the team,
00:00:08.620 most of the time they're actually a little relieved
00:00:10.800 because they haven't been performing.
00:00:12.260 The frame I use is that we're a high-performing team
00:00:15.240 and some people get to play in the team for a season
00:00:18.060 or for multiple seasons, but it's not guaranteed.
00:00:20.340 When I hire them, I communicate that.
00:00:22.160 And then if there's a discrepancy
00:00:24.120 in their ability to perform,
00:00:25.800 to both practice and show up on game day,
00:00:28.220 then there's a feedback loop.
00:00:29.440 If you keep somebody on your team that will never be a top performer,
00:00:33.400 then you're selfish because you're not going to allow them to ever be in a position to succeed.