The reason I talk about firing people a lot is because artists are always complaining.
Constantly complaining about people they hired but won’t get rid of.
Every now and again we all need a good flail-on-the-floor complaint session, but you know what I mean.
Why do you keep people on YOUR team who are constantly being bad teammates? That, in turn, makes you a bad leader.
A good leader makes the expectations clear. When they are not met, a good leader reiterates them, explaining that if they’re not met, it might be better to part ways. When they are not met again, there are no surprises, everyone pretty much knows what’s coming next.
So maybe you need to back up and tackle the first part of that equation first (and people in the music business are the WORST at this)…
Make your expectations abundantly clear. Clearness is kindness.
Letting someone go can be pretty tough.
So you get to choose your method of “tough” in regards to the type of person we’re talking about…
Keep them on board…tough
Let them go…tough
But it’s time to choose…and stop complaining about “tough”.
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