Hiring the wrong person is expensive. Keeping the wrong person can be even more expensive.
Yet employers routinely make both mistakes: they rush to hire because they desperately need someone in the seat, then spend months—or even years—avoiding the difficult conversations that might ultimately lead to termination.
In this fast-paced, practical session, Pennsylvania business owners and leaders will learn what "Hire Slow, Fire Fast" should really mean.
We'll explore how to make better hiring decisions without unnecessarily slowing down recruiting, why managers need to address performance problems when they're small, and how to recognize when it's time to stop coaching and make a decision.
We'll also tackle one of the most dangerous phrases in Pennsylvania workplaces: "We're an at-will state. We can just fire them."
Participants will leave with a simple framework they can immediately use to make better—and more defensible—people decisions.
Learning Objectives
Participants will learn how to:
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