employee unacceptable behavior

check this human resource shit list out ...


 good stuff 
i oughta turn thiz hose
on my staffers here at the ranch 




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1) antagonist:
is rude and unpleasant to
co workers vendors and customers

2)blameless bob:
          always has an excuse 
for everything

3) whiner:
          complains no matter 
what he or she is asked to do

4)thumb twiddler :
   lacks motivation
and initiative 

5) insubordinate subordinate :
 challenges you in front
of other wagelings and wall guards

6) tortoise:
shows up late or not at all

7) amy attitude:
  has a negative attitude
that brings everybody down

8) hand holder:
  needs canstant supervision

9) early retiree:
has been around awhile
and is beginning to practice
on the job retirement 

10) worry wart:
 has personal problems 
that infringe on the job day 

11)clock watcher:
refuses to work weekends
or even a minute beyond quitting time
even during deadline crunches 


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and there's more....


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Understanding why employees 
don´t perform
the first step to breaking down resistance
 
 Learn why difficult employees 
act the way they do 
 Understand the negative,
 ripple effect 
of poor performance 
in today´s work place 

 Know if an employee 
is unable—or unwilling—
to do the job 

 Bad attitudes—
where do they come from? 

 Why many managers´ 
efforts to correct performance fail 
 
 
Taking control 
of tough performance 
and attitude problems
 
 The games naysayers play—
and how you can defend yourself 
 
 Creating a sense of ownership 
in employees 
who are barely skating by  

 What to do about workers 
who are just there for the paycheck
  
 What´s really going on 
with excuse makers?
 What you need to know  

 How to reprogram pessimists 
to see the glass half full
—not half empty 

 Just say "No" to energy-draining,
 high-maintenance employees 

 How to bring a negative attitude 
into clear focus—
then zap it 

 What employees 
who don´t follow the rules
 are really begging for 


 Draw the line!
 How to keep an employee´s 
personal problems 
from becoming
 a management problem 


 Your role 
in helping employees 
who choke
 during stressful situations 
 
 
Conducting performance reviews 
that encourage the behavior you want
 
 The rules of proper documentation 
 
 How to mentally prepare
 before a dreaded performance review
  
 Questions to ask 
to break the ice 
and get the conversation going 

 How to head off 
negative emotions—
and what to do if you can´t  

 A checklist for avoiding 
unwanted surprises 
during the review  

 How to wrap up the review 
on a positive—
and motivating—note 
 
 The problem with rating scales 
 
 
Using coaching and feedback 
to challenge under-performers
 to do their best 
 
 Giving feedback:
 Could what you´re saying 
be getting you nowhere? 
 
 Using the power 
of open communication 
to conquer any 
and all under-performance 

 Dealing with problem employees
—where good managers
 can go bad  

 How you personally shape
 attitude and performance—
both unconsciously and deliberately
 
 Coaching:
 Is it the missing component
 in your turnaround efforts?
 
 Take a look at your management style—
you may be setting 
the stage for poor attitudes 
 
 
 
Giving criticism to get rid 
of unwanted work habits
 
 How to criticize employees 
without losing their support—
it´s what you say 
and how you say it 

 The difference between
 a put-down and constructive criticism 

 Anticipating—and neutralizing—
how employees will react
 to your criticism  


 How to criticize 
the behavior, not the person 
 
 How to gain the upper hand—
simply by listening 
 
 The lost art of confronting problems,
 directly and professionally 

 Building an environment 
where open communication 
is practiced by everyone 
 
 
Putting the spirit of hard work,
 high morale and peak performance 
back into the work place
 
 Using the power only you possess 
to positively influence 
everyone around you 


 What respect
 has to do 
with how employees feel 
and perform 


 Improving morale—moving 
beyond the pat on the back 
to gain long-term results
 
 Stopping the spread 
of negativity—
do this one thing 
and the battle
 is half over 


 How managers and employees 
together can curb 
the knee-jerk tendency
 to blame others 
 
 
Using the disciplinary process 
to turn problem employees around
 
 Build good relationships 
by using the 6 rules 
of discipline 

 You can´t mishandle 
the "final written warning"—
make sure all these elements
 are in place 

 Attorneys love to use
 your own policies against you
—are yours fair and comprehensive?

 
 How the way you put together 
a documentation file 
could turn a jury against you 

 
 Is the problem serious enough 
to start the formal discipline process? 
Here´s how to judge 

 Why you must be careful—
very careful—when carrying out
 your company´s
 written discipline policy 


 Does the employee really get it?
 How to test their understanding
 of what´s expected—
and the consequences 
 
 
Understanding your right 
to fire as a last resort
 
 The pros and cons of suspension 
as an alternative to firing 

 Know the laws on wrongful discharge—
and never have to say,
 "I wish I had ..." 

 The delicate job 
of breaking the news 
to the rest of the staff 

 What to do 
should the departing employee
 become vindictive or hostile
 
 "Bad attitude" may not hold up 
in court—
but here´s what will 

 
 The steps to conducting 
a worry-free termination session 

 Why you must choose 
your words carefully 
when showing an employee the door 


 The top 3 things you can do
 to head off legal problems later 
 
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