Will HumphreysVirtual Assistant & Healthcare Recruiting Expert

The Hard Truth About Hiring… And Letting Go Gracefully

Name: The Hard Truth About Hiring… And Letting Go Gracefully
Uploaded: 2025-12-18T17:32:07+00:00
Duration: 51 s
Channel: Will Humphreys
Description: Will Humphreys argues leaders should act fast when a hire isn't working out. Have an honest conversation, acknowledge what they're good at, and help them…

18 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Will Humphreys argues leaders should act fast when a hire isn't working out. Have an honest conversation, acknowledge what they're good at, and help them find a better fit elsewhere. Letting someone go the right way is part of developing leaders.

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Do subscribe to the, you know, take your time in the hiring process, but as soon as you recognize that there's not a fit, that there's a conflict, where there's a misalignment with the culture and it's not going to progress forward, there you've worked through, you know, decent conversations and it's just going to be a miss. You know, you owe it to them as well for them to find their perfect fit where they're going to excel and grow. And so if our job as leaders is to help develop other leaders, developing other leaders also means helping them to develop in other spaces, right? That would be, you know, best for them. So I think it's also a fire fast. I would be remiss if I didn't share with you, like, look, this is just a miss here, but I want the best for you. Right. I wouldn't have hired you if I didn't believe that you were a great human being and have incredible talents and wonderful things to give. Let me help you find that somewhere else that's powerful.