February 22, 2012  To Make [or Not to Make] The Most of It?   If
an employee gives me their resignation and says they will stay
for another two weeks, I usually do not want them even working
in my company any more.  Often, if I know someone is leaving, I
also feel that they are probably not putting in the kind of
effort at work that they should be during their last two weeks.
I want them out of there pronto! But sometimes, if I have the
smallest amount of respect or value for the person, I want to
make the most of their last two weeks. I want them to stay every
minute and do the kind of work I have appreciated for the
duration of their time with me. I may even want them to train
their own replacement.  So the question is: when do you want to
make the most of it and when do you just want the person out? A
new rule of thumb should be… when you are evaluating your
operation and your staff’s performance, imagine they were to
give you their two weeks notice, would you have them stay the
two weeks or would you tell