Announcements are different from discussions; they should look, sound, and feel different.2 As a leader, it’s easy to get tripped up; you might overuse one mode or send out confusing signals about which mode you’re in. Firing someone is an announcement. You wouldn’t say, “George, suppose, just for argument’s sake, we asked you to turn in your badge, pack up your desk, and get the hell out of here—would that be terribly inconvenient?”
