'You'e fired' message broke basic rule of management
By Jena McGregor
May 11 at 7:03 AM
... the real estate billionaire who said he'd bring a business executive's acumen to the White House didn't follow what experts call one of the most basic rules of management: Don't catch people by surprise when they're getting the axe, and deliver bad news in person or, if needed, by phone. Management experts say Trump's approach to the firing not only raised risks that a surprised Comey could have spoken openly about the firing to the press, but could have a negative effect on career FBI employees or his successor.
"Thats pretty basic as a management principle," said Max Stier, CEO of the nonpartisan nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. "When you let someone go, its a basic organizational concept that they ought to know its coming, that they've been communicated with before" ...
... deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump "followed the proper protocol in that process, which is handwritten notification." She said that "no matter how you fire someone its never an easy process and he felt like following protocol was the best thing to do."
... experts said in most cases, high-profile political appointees are first given the chance to resign. "Most presidents dont fire appointees in such a visible display of disaffection," said Paul Light, professor of public service at New York University. "They lead their appointees forward to resignation. Ordinarily, you give them an ounce of dignity when they walk out of the office" ...
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