Chaining
Take two pictures in your mind and put them together.
VIVID PICTURES - e.g., lemon story…see color - hear sounds - smell smells - see vivid
detail.
Archive for April, 2009
70. How should I handle poor performance?
Usually the impetus that moves the ‘‘progressive discipline’’ process
from one stage to the next is a repeated violation of the same rule
or type of rule (e.g., repeated absenteeism or substandard job performance). In essence, there must be a link or nexus between events in order to move to the next stage. Without an interrelationship between [...]
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Have you ever dealing with unsecured personal loans, this loans considered as one of the solutions for you if you lack of financial supply. Unsecured loans are loans based on your good name, means these loans do not need any backed such as collateral to get the loan. This also called as signature loans. Moreover, [...]
69. What does it mean to fire ‘‘for cause’’? (2)
Fourth, remember that you have more discretion when dealing with conduct infractions than you do when dealing with performance or attendance problems. Conduct that is egregious may be grounds for immediate dismissal, otherwise known as a ‘‘summary dismissal.’’ The logic is simply this: If an employee engages in gross negligence or is caught using drugs [...]
B. ADDING MEANING MAKES NUMBERS STICK
A quick way to remember a number is to associate it with something that you already know. For instance, 1215 may suggest time for lunch. It happens to be the year in which the Magna Carta was signed. If you picture the King and his nobles for lunch at 12:15 to sign it you will [...]
74. How do I ensure that the progressive discipline is fair?
In addition to the four golden rules of progressive discipline, there are other considerations you need to make on a case-by-case basis.
Review this ‘‘litmus test’’ any time you’re about to engage in the
disciplinary process:
You’ve got to be consistent in the application of your own rules. In other words, look not only to your written policies [...]
69. What does it mean to fire ‘‘for cause’’?(1)
The term ‘‘cause,’’ sometimes referred to as ‘‘good cause’’ or ‘‘just
cause,’’ means that you, the employer, have a reason to terminate an employee. What reasons do employers typically have to terminate
employees? Broadly speaking, the categories fall into one of four
areas:
Policy and procedure violations
Substandard job performance
Inappropriate workplace conduct
Attendance/tardiness problems
See Question 75 for an explanation of these [...]
68. How do I discipline someone for attitudinal behavior?
One of the most common challenges facing line managers today is
dealing with employee attitude problems. It’s the entitlement mentality evidenced by rolling eyeballs, sighs, and antagonistic body
language that drives managers crazy. Still, trying to stop uch ‘‘silent’’
behavior is difficult because it’s so easily denied by employees.
There are two key points to keep in mind [...]
Red-Black (Divide) Location
I don’t think I have to tell you that now you can count the cards of a borrowed deck, do the deal jog to separate the reds and blacks, and then do any of the standard selected-card locations utilizing the color separation. Basically, have a card selected from one half of the hand-to-hand spread and [...]
67. Should I allow an employee to ‘‘resign by mutual consent’’? (2)
On the other hand, if an employee appears to have violated the terms of a final written warning and you’re speaking with the employee to learn his side of the story, you might suggest the following:
Dennis, I understand that you were in a rush to meet a deadline and that you assumed that your coworker [...]
