When You Have No Choice but to FIRE Someone - With Rachel Kent - CampHacker #144

It’s going to happen. Here’s how to fire with compassion and dignity.

This is another thing that’s just “part of the job”.

Firing someone is especially hard in a place that’s so connected with people’s emotions.

Often, when someone is fired at camp, it’s not usually because they have anything against us, or even about camp. They’ve usually just made a choice that is against policy, or they aren’t at the level we need them to be.

Travis, Joe and Chris are joined by Rachel Kent, camp pro and co-host of the podcast, Beyond Camp to discuss how they let staff go and do it with a great amount of tact and compassion.

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What do you do when you have to let people go? Let us know in the comments!

Tool of the Week – Make Yourself a Better Camp Director

Travis: Get Together: How to build a community with your people - https://amzn.to/3rWSHLg

Joe: UST Survival Playing Cards - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01F393TYQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 & Pro Knot Outdoor Knot Cards - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0922273227/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 

Rachel Kent: Visual Timer app

Chris: Sneaky Cards - https://sneakycards.com/

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