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POLITICS, POWER & PINK SLIPS: LEADING THROUGH UNCERTAIN TIMES

May 20, 2025 19:18 PM UTC
- Updated May 21, 2025 17:33 PM UTC

Changing FEC commissioners requires Senate approval. But on February 6th, President Trump unceremoniously fired Commissioner Ellen Weintraub via email. Several members of Congress called for her reinstatement. This was an early indicator of unilateral – and, as Weintraub argues, potentially illegal – moves to come. Has the government adopted Silicon Valley’s flippant firing playbook? Is this the new normal, or, as former Patagonia CHRO Dean Carter argues, just bad for business? We’ll unpack recent employee separation trends and ask a bigger question: What are leadership’s responsibilities during these turbulent times?

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