Comments on: Termination Is Hard, But Avoidance Is Destructive http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/09/termination_is_hard_but_avoidance_is_destructive.php I'm Max Kalehoff & I Write About Marketing, Startups & Parenting Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: AttentionMax » Blog Archive » Comment Of The Week: Peter Kim On Employee Termination http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/09/termination_is_hard_but_avoidance_is_destructive.php#comment-4135 AttentionMax » Blog Archive » Comment Of The Week: Peter Kim On Employee Termination Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:26:40 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=1576#comment-4135 [...] posted as a comment by Peter Kim on AttentionMax using [...] [...] posted as a comment by Peter Kim on AttentionMax using [...]

]]> By: Laurel LaFlamme http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/09/termination_is_hard_but_avoidance_is_destructive.php#comment-5939 Laurel LaFlamme Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:11:46 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=1576#comment-5939 Excellent post!<br><br>I think Peter nailed it for me, too. "...unpleasant emotions are more likely to lead to mood contagion than are pleasant emotions." Get the Nay-Saying, mood-altering, viral individual O*U*T - before the contagion spreads and affects morale with a Group Dynamic force. <br><br>But what if "you" are on the receiving end of the termination? Absolutely be outraged, whine and complain, disrespect your Company? No no no! Simply take it as a Life Lesson Learned. Learn, grow, adjust and become all the more better for it. <br><br>I like how you put it, Max: Never be content to "breed mediocrity. " Excellent post!

I think Peter nailed it for me, too. “…unpleasant emotions are more likely to lead to mood contagion than are pleasant emotions.” Get the Nay-Saying, mood-altering, viral individual O*U*T – before the contagion spreads and affects morale with a Group Dynamic force.

But what if “you” are on the receiving end of the termination? Absolutely be outraged, whine and complain, disrespect your Company? No no no! Simply take it as a Life Lesson Learned. Learn, grow, adjust and become all the more better for it.

I like how you put it, Max: Never be content to “breed mediocrity. “

]]> By: Laurel LaFlamme http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/09/termination_is_hard_but_avoidance_is_destructive.php#comment-4083 Laurel LaFlamme Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:11:46 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=1576#comment-4083 Excellent post!<br><br>I think Peter nailed it for me, too. "...unpleasant emotions are more likely to lead to mood contagion than are pleasant emotions." Get the Nay-Saying, mood-altering, viral individual O*U*T - before the contagion spreads and affects morale with a Group Dynamic force. <br><br>But what if "you" are on the receiving end of the termination? Absolutely be outraged, whine and complain, disrespect your Company? No no no! Simply take it as a Life Lesson Learned. Learn, grow, adjust and become all the more better for it. <br><br>I like how you put it, Max: Never be content to "breed mediocrity. " Excellent post!

I think Peter nailed it for me, too. “…unpleasant emotions are more likely to lead to mood contagion than are pleasant emotions.” Get the Nay-Saying, mood-altering, viral individual O*U*T – before the contagion spreads and affects morale with a Group Dynamic force.

But what if “you” are on the receiving end of the termination? Absolutely be outraged, whine and complain, disrespect your Company? No no no! Simply take it as a Life Lesson Learned. Learn, grow, adjust and become all the more better for it.

I like how you put it, Max: Never be content to “breed mediocrity. “

]]> By: maxkalehoff http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/09/termination_is_hard_but_avoidance_is_destructive.php#comment-4061 maxkalehoff Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:05:23 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=1576#comment-4061 Peter,<br>Good point. Your team must invest positive karma. Positive and<br>solution-oriented. We're very aware of that at my current startup and<br>do everything to cultivate it. Peter,
Good point. Your team must invest positive karma. Positive and
solution-oriented. We're very aware of that at my current startup and
do everything to cultivate it.

]]> By: Peter Kim http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/09/termination_is_hard_but_avoidance_is_destructive.php#comment-4059 Peter Kim Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:35:00 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=1576#comment-4059 I think this extends beyond performance. That criterion makes a decision more objective and defensible (despite most people being employed at will), but even high performers need to be terminated sometimes.<br><br>I came across the idea of "emotional contagion" earlier this week - people who propagate negative emotional contagion should be terminated sooner rather than later as well.<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_contagion">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_contagion</a> I think this extends beyond performance. That criterion makes a decision more objective and defensible (despite most people being employed at will), but even high performers need to be terminated sometimes.

I came across the idea of “emotional contagion” earlier this week – people who propagate negative emotional contagion should be terminated sooner rather than later as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_contagion

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