So, you have an employee who is not performing, despite repeated warnings. Does that mean you should get rid of them and hire someone who is prepared to work hard? Where do you draw the line on acceptable behaviour? Let’s take former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as an example, did he deserve to lose his job?
On today’s BTalk author James Adonis, director of Team Leaders, says sacking should be a last resort, but agrees sometimes it just has to be done. He highlights a few things you need to look at first and warns of the rocky road that lies ahead should you sack someone unfairly.
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Bitcoin stalls, but US economy set to rip
The direction of US treasury yields will remain a theme this week, says NAB’s Rodrigo Catril, but as the economy recover we should expect them to climb higher. So why the fall last week. Listen in for more.
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Bringing Mobile into Public Policy
Does the government’s approach to broadband needs to be updated to take into account the mobile opportunity?
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Are we doing foreign aid wrong?
As the UK cuts its foreign aid budget, there is a way of making foreign aid more effective says @profstevekeen – but America won’t like it very much.
