Bad Apples:
How to Manage Difficult Employees, Encourage Good Ones
to Stay, and Boost Productivity
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Don't let one rotten employee spoil a good bunch!
The truth is, some people just don't cut it. But as a manager it's your
job to keep the team productive - so what can you do?
From figuring out what is a real deal-breaker and what laws allow you
to fire someone, to making the best of a team despite one or two bad
players, Bad Apples is your guide to neutralizing
the working atmosphere.
With this simple and straightforward guide, you will learn how to tackle
different types of bad employees and their behaviors, such as how to:
- Calm down a combatant
- Motivate a waster
- Silence a gossip
- De-arm a backstabber
- Convince a passive-aggressive to open up
- Teach a narcissist the importance of the team.
Complete with situatoinal advice and case studies taken straight from
the trenches, this book is essential reading if you're looking to ensure
a pleasant, prodcutive - and fruitful - work environment.
REVIEWS
All too often managers are left to
fend for themselves when it comes to managing their staff. Managing
Bad Apples makes coexisting with the 'problem child' employee easier
by delivering simple practical guidance to the novice and the expert
manager.
- David Lewis, President of OperationsInc - Human Resources Consulting.
As promised in the introduction, the authors deliver with tips and
advice for how to minimize the impact the "bad apples" have
on any organizations and most significantly, the impact they have on
good performers. This book provides valuable information that will be
useful to anyone who manages people.
- Sharon Armstrong and Barbara Mitchell
co-authors of The Essential HR Handbook
Everyone deserves a fair chance. If there is any possibliity of
turning a problem employee into a productive one, this book will show
managers how to do it.
- Sharon Anne Waldrop
author, The Everything Human Resource Management Book
"Being able to climb the career ladder means all managers must
learn how to handle employees who are 'bad apples.' Finally, here
is a book that takes the mystery out of dealing with difficult
employees. The book provides easy-to-follow steps for identifying
and dealing with bad apples and is a must read for anyone wanting
to get into management, anyone who is a new manager, or anyone
currently in management who is trying to deal with difficult
employees."
- Lisa Quast, award-winning author, "Your
Career, Your Way!"
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