I am often asked questions along the lines of<\/p>\n
“How do I make this person work harder?”
\n“How do I keep this person from coming in late all the time?”
\n“XXXXX hasn’t done anything productive for the last XXXX months, what can I do?”<\/p>\n
These questions (with some flexibility based on union contracts, labor agreements, company policies) can all be solved with an effective “3-D Policy” – Document, Discipline, Dismiss.
\n(McGrath mentions the 3D Policy in their article “Document, Discipline, Dismiss: The McGrath 3-D Approach to Documentation of Employee Performance and Misconduct
\nIssues.”)<\/p>\n
Not everything documented has to be of a negative nature. But documenting as much as possible about someone’s performance helps you cover yourself in the event of a complaint.<\/p>\n
I’ve been blessed to only have had to fire a few people in my lifetime, and all of them were a result of following an effective Document Discipline Dismiss policy?<\/p>\n