One of the most difficult decisions for any owner is making the decision to cut a member of the team.
Just like a sports team, sometimes people no longer perform and have to be let go.

Perhaps it was your mistake to hire them in the first place. Maybe not. The point is that it is no longer happening and you have given them every chance to step it back up.

As the owner, only you can make these cold, hard decisions. Your staff will be pissed at you. You will feel bad. But you have to do it.

I know an owner who needs to cut a team member right now. But they just can’t do it. The person has been loyal for over ten years and hung in there in good times and bad.

It doesn’t matter. You have to cut them today.

Nobody ever said owning a business was easy.