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...]
Managing the Difficult Employee by Managing Yourself
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...]