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Leadership defense, mastering progressive discipline and structuring terminations, Paul Falcone

eng

Includes index

index present

non fiction

Leadership defense

11284289206

Paul Falcone

The Paul Falcone workplace leadership series

mastering progressive discipline and structuring terminations

Greatly reduce the stress of managing a team with this quick and reliable information on how to correctly master--both legally and ethically--progressive discipline and structured termination, from the leading voice in HR expertise.This resource takes the highly complicated subjects of progressive employee discipline and structured terminations-actions that can be rife with legal issues and paperwork-and breaks down the process for HR professionals and managers to easy-to-understand steps. -- Provided by publisher

Introduction -- PART 1 Tough Conversations, Constructive Confrontation, and Holding Employees Accountable -- 1 Addressing Attitude Problems -- 2 Dealing with Excessive Swearing: Putting a Quick End to Bad Habits -- 3 Stopping Bullies in Their Tracks -- 4 Addressing Sexual Harassment -- 5 Culture Shift: Creating a Healthy and Respectful Work Environment -- 6 The Danger of Off-the-Record Conversations -- 7 Mediating Employee Disputes and the Art of Constructive Confrontation -- 8 Dealing with Gossips, Rumormongers, and Snitches -- 9 Addressing Body Odor Problems -- 10 Overcoming Unwillingness to Confront Problems Head-On --PART 2 The Critical Nature of Progressive Discipline: Shifting the Power Paradigm Back to Your Company -- 11 What Is Progressive Discipline and How Does It Help Both Companies and Workers? -- 12 Disciplining and Terminating Probationary Workers -- 13 Why Is It So Hard for Leaders to Apply Progressive Discipline? -- 14 Preventing Mistakes When Documenting Discipline -- 15 Avoiding Employee "Pretaliation" Against Unsuspecting Managers and Supervisors -- 16 Documentation Techniques and Strategies: Incident Descriptions, Performance Improvement Plans, and Outcomes and Consequences -- 17 An Alternative to Formal Corrective Action: "Letters of Clarification" -- 18 Decision-Making Leaves and Days of Contemplation: Dramatic Turnarounds Without a Lot of Drama -- 19 Last-Chance Agreements in Conjunction with Final Written Warnings -- 20 Held Hostage by Underperformers: Strategic Group Turnarounds When a Team Is on the Brink of Failure --PART 3 Terminations for Cause, Layoffs, and Negotiated Resignations -- 21 Vetting the Record Before Recommending Termination -- 22 Negotiating Separation Packages When No Progressive Discipline Is on File -- 23 Summary Offenses (Immediate Discharge) -- 24 Terminations for Cause Versus Resignations by Mutual Consent -- 25 Can an Employee Rescind a Verbal Resignation? -- 26 If We Can't Terminate Someone, Can We Simply Lay Them Off? -- 27 Healing the Team After a Termination or Downsizing