This has always been a rule that I’ve followed throughout my working career. Whenever someone leaves or is fired, invite them for a coffee or a drink and listen

This has always been a rule that I’ve followed throughout my working career. Whenever someone leaves or is fired, invite them for a coffee or a drink and listen to their side of the story. There’s this Latin legal maxim that I learnt from my mum when I was a child, and have always remembered ever since: “Audi alteram partem”[1] which roughly translates to the same. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_alteram_partem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_alteram_partem