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Hard decisions, especially when jobs are eliminated, usually lead to hard conversations. This year, due to massive layoffs and furloughs, our small business leaders have had more difficult conversations with employees than usual.
Unfortunately, some have one-sided conversations, terminating employees by email. Others send text messages to eliminate someone’s job.
Hard conversations are best when first bathed in prayer and much thought. Our prayers can lead to God preparing the heart of the person about to receive hard news.
Godly introspection can help us consider how to best love our neighbor through a difficult transition.
James 2:8 teaches, “If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing right.”
Try to make your hard conversations more about others, than about yourself.
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