4 Quick Questions:
- Do you have an employee or several employees who have been causing you grief for a while? Are they disruptive, unfriendly to others, not performing, and just generally a problem?
Quite a conundrum you have here -- a situation that is difficult to get out of especially if you have accepted this person and their behavior for a long time (maybe a couple of years).
So how do you deal with it? Carefully! And here are six steps to get you started.
- Keep your emotions in check. Don't wait until you just can't take it any longer - that's when the trouble really begins. Take a deep breath, sit back and objectively review their performance and/or attitude.
In the meantime, get started on finding a replacement so you will have little lost time if the improvement does not occur and the employee doesn't shape up.
While most people want to be good at their jobs and succeed, make sure they understand what "success" means at your company - in other words your company's culture. You may come to realize they neither one of you is happy and, if that's the case, it's time to create a plan that works for both of you.
Still unsure of how to start, contact us for some HR Solutions to get you on the right path without creating irreparable or expensive damage.
Margaret Jacoby, SPHR, is the founder and president of MJ Management Solutions, a human resources consulting firm that provides small businesses with a wide range of virtual and onsite HR solutions to meet their immediate and long-term needs. From ensuring legal compliance to writing customized employee handbooks to conducting sexual harassment training, businesses depend on our expertise and cost-effective human resources services to help them thrive. This article first appeared on the MJ Management Solutions blog.