From the course: Hiring, Managing, and Separating from Employees
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Employee discipline
From the course: Hiring, Managing, and Separating from Employees
Employee discipline
- Most managers and most human resource professionals I know don't derive any pleasure out of having to deal with a poor performer nor do they like to discipline people so I'll assume and hope you're one of those people. Nevertheless, properly managing poor performers is a reality of the manager's existence and part of making sure you get the right people on your team. When you don't manage discipline properly, you produce fertile grounds for employee complaints and lawsuits. And as we know, the last thing you want to do as a manager is finding yourself dragged into one of those. As Dr. Deming so famously said, "Management is the problem." Often, poor performance is due to a mis-hire, poor instruction, poor tools, or other factors outside of the employee's control. If other employees seem to do just fine and you're clear that poor performance is not a management failure, then place responsibility squarely on the employee's shoulders where it belongs. If you've been in management for…
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