| There are no bad employees. That is a state of | | | | Assuming that the person is a good worker, |
| mind that every employer should have. It is just | | | | wanting to do good gets best results |
| good business management. There are no bad | | | | Assuming that an employee is a good worker, |
| employees -- there are just employees with | | | | really wanting to do well is the best approach. To |
| problems. You can let your employee with | | | | ask them gently what is wrong, because you |
| problems go and hire another, potentially with | | | | noticed their work slipping or noticed that they |
| even worse problems, or you can deal with it. | | | | are not the same person that they were before. |
| Everyone wants to do a good job | | | | Remember that there must be some reason you |
| No one really wants to do a bad job, or be a bad | | | | hired them in the first place. Some quality that |
| employee. Everyone who is behaving badly at | | | | you saw in them. Look for that quality again and |
| work or giving a bad performance feels justified. | | | | talk to that person and find out what's wrong. |
| Someone who is giving you a hard time, or a bad | | | | When you take the attitude that there are no |
| work performance most likely feels that he or | | | | bad employees, you begin to look at your |
| she is being used or abused. They feel | | | | employees in a whole new light. People can sense |
| undervalued and unimportant. | | | | what you are feeling and thinking. We feel much |
| Pointing out to someone their bad conduct rarely | | | | more than we communicate in words. Even if you |
| gets good results | | | | are not communicating well with your words, if |
| No one likes being told off. Many supervisors take | | | | you are viewing them as valued and important, it |
| the position that it is necessary at times, but | | | | will come across. |
| does it really do any good? Think back to some | | | | Better business management means managing |
| time in your life when you messed up. Did you like | | | | your employees well. You will reap the benefits |
| getting told off? If you thought you were justified | | | | over and over again if you take the time to value |
| in what you did, how would that make you feel | | | | and treat each staff member as an important |
| towards that person. It would probably your | | | | member of your team, if you take the attitude |
| strengthen your position of resentment towards | | | | that there are no bad employees. |
| them. | | | | |