Image by Getty Images via @daylife The real sign of a courageous individual is that he or she knows when to pull out of a confrontation. You may be a boss and may have complete authority over certain activities in your office. An employee may be consistently repeating mistakes. He or she may not be prepared to admit fault despite being warned frequently. In such a scenario, you may feel that it is necessary to give up a dressing down to the employee. A sharp retort in front of others, in your opinion, may help the employee see sense. However, what if your employee reacts … [Read more...]
Dealing With A Stubborn Employee – Discretion Is The Better Part Of Valor
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Managing the Difficult Employee by Managing Yourself
April 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Sad but true, we may experience a difficult employee because of the way we specifically manage our employees within our company. Though we many charge the employee with the problem, and it very well may be their problem, something happens when we don’t want to look at ourselves as open to improvement. Managing the difficult employee is made easier the closer we are to knowing what it is we do well as a manager and what, quite frankly, we can improve upon. If we do well at the hiring stage, but fall short when the employee is struggling to … [Read more...]
Tips for a healthy employer employee relationships
April 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Good manager subordinate relations is a lot about the rapport shared between a supervisor or team leader with his or her subordinates. Along with the pay scale and benefits that an organization provides, employees also look for a good boss and this is what defines their loyalty to the organization. However, maintaining a healthy relationship between managers and subordinates isn’t always as easy as it sounds. Here are some tips on how you can improve this rapport: Don’t give your subordinates tasks that they would … [Read more...]
Worst Management Techniques
April 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Many large corporations have excellent policies for nurturing employees. Good incentive programs and an open door policy is the beginning of proving good upper management. Continue reading to find the worst practices used in administration. Low staff - A short-sided technique that supervisors use is keeping a non-efficient number of employees. Managers will hire temporary workers for increased work loads, but all workers are still over worked. Rewarding slackers - One of the worst offenses made by a manager is treating slacker and … [Read more...]
Approaching Employee Relationships That Have Dissolved Into Conflict
March 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Maintaining effective employee relationships can be challenging for management at times. People are people, and as such have many different personalities that will no doubt clash at one time or another. Many managers set out to resolve conflict in the workplace to keep employee relations at their most optimal. However, an important aspect about conflict is to realise that it is never really solved. Keep the following in mind if an employee relationship has dissolved into conflict: Conflict will never be resolved. The best way to approach employee relationships and conflict in … [Read more...]
The Different Styles of Handling Workplace Conflict and When to use Them
March 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When it comes to conflict in management and employee relationships, it is important to know the various types of styles for handling conflict and when to use them. Competing involves a person putting their interest before anyone else's. The style of competing should be used: when immediate and decision action is required. An example of such a situation is an emergency. in situations when important yet unpopular decisions need to be made. An example of such a situation cost cutting or discipline. when a decision needs to be made against people who are taking advantage of … [Read more...]