How to Know When It’s Time to Fire Somebody (with NBA Hall of Famer, David Robinson)

Thrivetime Show | Business School without the BS

Clay Clark

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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NBA Hall of Fame Basketball Player turned entrepreneur David Robinson breaks down how to know when it is time to fire someone.

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0:00.0	Get ready to enter the Thrive Time Show 3 2 1 boom Hello Thrive nation welcome back to
0:10.3	the conversation is the Thrive Time Show on your radio during today's podcast we have
0:16.2	a very special opportunity to sit down we had a special opportunity to sit down with
0:22.3	the man who was an NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson a guy who was named as one of the
0:29.4	50 best basketball players of his generation of all time actually a man who won two gold
0:36.3	medals while playing and representing his country a guy who's gone on to have actually
0:40.9	more success off the court than he had on the court how could you possibly have more
0:46.1	success off the court than on the court when you won two gold medals and two NBA championships
0:53.9	well that's what David Robinson has done and during today's podcast during during this
0:59.3	interview with David I asked him how do you deal with people that refuse to follow the
1:07.7	system how do you deal with people like Dennis Rodman Dennis Rodman you know the Dennis Rodman the
1:12.9	guy who is a friend of Kim Jong Un of the guy who is hanging out with the North Korean dictator
1:20.8	well he played basketball on the same team as Dennis Rodman so how do you possibly deal with
1:29.4	a person like Dennis Rodman how do you deal with how do you hold people accountable what if you
1:36.1	have to fire somebody you know what if you run a business and people just refuse to follow your
1:41.4	system that is the focus of this interview with the incredible the de gifted the charismatic the
1:51.6	high character the diligent the the family focused man the the friend the partner that I know as
2:01.9	David Robinson fire employees who corrupt the culture absolute so let's take it to the NBA for a
2:10.1	second eventually you're going to have a guy on the team who just says hey I appreciate that you've
2:15.0	laid out specifically you know your your your mission here I appreciate that you have disciplinary
2:22.0	policies in play right but I am just going to continue to be crazy you know create I'm going to
2:27.8	just be as crazy as and at a certain point David you know business people they're going to have to
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