3 Ways to Handle Poor Employee Performance Constructively

This leadership video will give you the steps to handle employee performance problems. You will learn:

• The Leadership Mindset in Dealing with Performance Issues
• 10 Examples of Poor Performance
• 3 Proven Methods for Dealing with Poor Performance

If you are a team leader, supervisor, manager or executive leader you will be confronted with poor performance. It goes with the territory.

To begin with, deal with poor performance as immediately as possible. Talk specifics with an employee not generalities. Also, most performance issues can be prevented. How? Hire better and set clear expectations. Do a great job planning with each employee, providing regular training, holding regular coaching sessions and communicating effectively. Without these behaviors, managers cause many of the employee issues.

The best managers develop their leadership coaching skills and learn how to deal with performance issues constructively and effectively. How do you know if you are successful at it? Employees become more motivated and improve their results.

Many managers struggle with leadership because that can't deal with poor performance. They either ignore it until the problems explodes. Or, they pounce on the employee right away, yell, criticize and tell, and give no help. Too many lack competence in the key people skills of empathy, listening, problem-solving and giving feedback.

Most employees think they are performing better than they are, and most can perform significantly better than they are. You know you are moving from manager to leader when you routinely handle performance lapses so that employees do their jobs better and achieve improved results.

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