Demoting A Loyal Friend - Andreessen Horowitz
It was cool when you had hell of weed to smoke
And you bought a new home where you could keep your folks
I don’t see how this side of you could be provoked
It was all good just a …
Leadership: Layoffs and Firing People
Lecture 15 - How to Manage (Ben Horowitz)
Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/B-horowitz-lecture-15-how-to-manage-annotatedYou are not the only one whom your decisions impact. Ben Horowitz, fo...
The Right Way to Lay People Off
Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. He wanted to hear the story of how we went from doomed in the eyes of the world to a $1.6B outcome with no recapitalization. After I took him through the details including several…
How to Deal with Pure Recruiting Mistakes
In a normal business you can often sweep bad performers under the rug and not deal with them. When you have millions or billions of dollars of revenue you can suffer a few bad performers or bad…
Preparing to Fire an Executive
How do you fire someone well?
The “right way” to fire an employee doesn’t exist — but we can all get closer to it by keeping these 6 things in mind. A few months ago, I fired someone. Ugh. It was gut-wrenching. I’ve fired
The Best Approach to the Worst Conversation: “You’re Fired”
Michael Lopp has headed up People Operations at both Palantir and Pinterest. Here, he explains how to fire people the right way.
How I Talk to Leaders about Firing People
I remember the first time I fired someone. Every manager does. Mine happened about a month before Christmas.
A Brief Overview of Failing, Firing, and Scotch