Joy,

Thanks for sharing your leadership story. One of the sub-themes for both of our stories is that of personal choice. Both of the employees who eventually lost their jobs did so because they chose to continue behavior that the company did not sanction. And they were warned of the consequences. It was difficult for me to see someone lose a job over something so trivial. . .but over the years I've learned that I can't take any form of responsibility for someone else's behavior, painful as their choices might be.