Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Delivering Bad News to Those Who Deserve It | Workplace Coach Blog

Disciplinary meetings: delivering bad news to problem employees: what delay costs you and how to effectively conduct meetings

Have a problem employee--that you put off counseling because it doesn't work or backfires--here the price you pay for delay & quick rules for conducting the meeting quickly and effectively.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Tough Love—What if the manager needs it as well as the “star in his own mind” employee? | Workplace Coach Blog

tough love for an employee who's a star in his own mind and for a manager who's "had it"

A star employee needs to be reined in & tough love.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

The #1 Mistake Managers Make When Disciplining Employees - Workplace Coach Blog

The most effective way to start a disciplinary meeting; IMPACT, make the employee care

The # 1 mistake managers make when disciplining employees.

Family & Parenting | Family and Parenting

What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?

Negative consequences, timeouts, and punishment just make bad behavior worse. But a new approach really works.