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Does the New York Knicks president's recent decision to fire the entire coaching staff show that leaders shouldn't be so obsessed with moment-to-moment results?

Know the rules, provide evidence and conduct the termination in a thoughtful and caring manner.

The sportswear company is shifting its focus from hardware to software.

The startup boasts big-name investors and a 22-year-old CEO at the helm, but its much-hyped mobile wallet app still has yet to launch publicly.

The 'Shark Tank' star knows a thing or two about how to fire someone. After all, she made it an annual, company-wide practice at her real-estate firm.

When an entrepreneur (or executive) is more in tune with their employees' emotions, they are better able to balance the workforce, complete day-to-day work and innovate.

Being a great leader requires more than just attention to detail. Keep these points in mind when taking your management up a notch -- or several.

It is not only the unproductive, slack offs that deserve the axe. Sometimes companies have to let go of their star performer.

Creator Ken Levine's decision to cut the studio down to a 'smaller, more entrepreneurial endeavor' comes as something of a shock.

Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer has given the boot to her second in command, Henrique de Castro, just a little over a year after pilfering the exec from rival Google.

There is nothing worse than a firing or a layoff. But you can ease your employees' pain by acting with faith and love.

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Every time police chief David Brown terminates an employee, he takes to Twitter and Facebook to share whom he fired and why.

If you need to end a business relationship, our experts have suggestions to make those difficult conversations go a little easier.

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Every time you are tempted to fire an employee, use it as an opportunity to look in the mirror and learn. The fact that an employee isn't performing according to your expectations may not be his problem, but yours.

Conventional wisdom suggests that companies have been able to maintain output with fewer employees because bosses took care to fire the worst workers and keep their stars. A new study is turning that logic on its head.

In today's social-media dominated environment, a firing can have serious negative consequences on the reputations of both the employee and the employer.

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong fired an employee in front of 1,000 coworkers when the employee tried to photograph the boss during a company meeting, reports say.