{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/621c9c376ac9100012a01696/623308f614bd490015f0117b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Not to Fire Someone | Ep 05","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621c9c376ac9100012a01696/1646042199941-ab58dbe30cd9c17e2acf31f9a2370364.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>I hate confrontation, I hate difficult conversations, I hate having to deliver bad news. This made me terrible at firing someone. I would keep people in my business way longer than I should have. This had a bad impact on my business and finances.</p><p><br></p><p>In this solo episode, I share the worse example of firing someone in my business. It was a big failure on my part. I share with you the lessons I learned and what I do differently.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Mistakes I made in hiring people and how to hold people to account.</li><li>One of my most cringeworthy stories about firing someone in the worse possible way.</li><li>What support you can get with your employment law as a small business or solopreneur. </li><li>The best process to follow when terminating someone's contract/firing someone.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Like this show? Please leave us a review here.</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>***</p><p>Jeremy Jacobs is an experienced entrepreneur, business consultant, and mentor. He started his career in digital marketing, managing multi-million-pound campaigns for well-known global brands. He left that career to start 2 businesses including a food manufacturing company with his Mum which ran successfully for 13 years. He now works as a mentor and consultant for a wide range of businesses including start-ups and solo entrepreneurs through his marketing and management consultancy, Cookie Jar Consultancy. He has an MBA with Distinction from the University of Sussex.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He is proudly neurodivergent and a member of the LGBTQ+ community. He lives in Sussex with his partner and their two dogs.</p><p><br></p><p>Personal website: <a href=\"https://jeremyjacobs.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://jeremyjacobs.co.uk</a></p><p>Cookie Jar: <a href=\"http://cookiejar.info/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://cookiejar.info/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>social media accounts:</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>LinkedIn:</em> <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyjacobsuk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyjacobsuk/</strong></a></p><p><em>Instagram:</em> <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjacobsuk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjacobsuk</strong></a></p><p><em>Facebook:</em> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/jeremyjacobsuk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https://www.facebook.com/jeremyjacobsuk</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Jeremy Jacobs"}