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Winning with Employees

Your Employee Has Lied To You – What Do You Do?

 

Most of us, when faced with this situation, employ a very common, yet very limiting, strategy. We take a kind of “proportional response” approach when an employee lies to us. The problem is – it’s absolutely the wrong thing to do.

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Winning with Employees

Employee from Hell: Almost Good Enough

 

One of the hardest decisions a manager ever has to make is what to do with the employee who is almost good enough. He(she) is almost up to speed. He’s almost meeting his sales targets. He’s almost getting his projects done on time. The quality of his work is almost there, etc.. These employees are so close to achieving your expectations you can almost taste it – but they never quite get there.

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Winning with Employees

The Quality-Challenged Employee

 

You find yourself constantly having to recheck their work, and often end up simply redoing it yourself – because it’s just easier that way. (Do you really have the time to do your job and someone else’s as well?)

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Winning with Employees

Dealing With Employees Who Don’t Buy In

 

Your organization is changing, and you’re tasked with helping your team make the transition. Maybe it’s a new selling strategy. Maybe it’s a new process or reporting structure that’s being introduced. Maybe the company is trying to transition to a more customer-focused organization. The problem is that you have one or two people who really don’t seem to have bought in. What do you do?

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