TY - BOOK AU - Mader-Clark,Marjorie AU - Guerin,Lisa TI - The employee performance handbook: smart strategies for coaching employees SN - 9781413322453 (pbk.) AV - HF 5549.5 .L3 M33 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Berkeley, CA PB - Nolo, Law for All KW - Labor discipline KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Supervision of employees KW - Handbooks and manuals KW - lcgft N1 - Revised edition of The progressive discipline handbook, 2007; Includes index; Introduction -- An overview of progressive discipline -- Progressive discipline basics -- Principles of effective progressive discipline -- Avoiding legal trouble -- Is it time for discipline? -- Identifying potential problems -- Deciding what action to take -- Smart discipline skills -- Why discipline is hard -- Smart talk : how to discuss a discipline problem with an employee -- Smart ways to deal with difficult employee's reactions -- Smart documentation -- Smart collaboration : involving the right -- The disciplinary steps -- Step 1: Coaching -- Step 2: Verbal warnings -- Step 3: Written warnings -- If discipline fails -- Termination -- Life after discipline -- Index ER -