Progressive Discipline in the Workplace

“Should I retrain, coach, counsel, discipline, or fire my employee altogether?” These challenging questions are stressful for any manager. Progressive Discipline in the Workplace is a handbook designed to guide leaders who need to apply effective corrective action in any workplace environment. Author Steve Morales explains in fascinating detail with real examples how virtually all workplace problems can be categorized into one of seven causes. As the learner gains skill at identifying these cause categories, appropriate and effective solutions to a variety of workplace outliers becomes readily apparent.

Utilizing these techniques, managers will know when and how to correct employees -setting the company and the individual up for success. When discipline or even termination becomes inevitable, this work systematically guides the supervisor while avoiding costly litigation. The spiral-bound handbook serves as a type of user manual, which may be referred to again and again. The unique methods have proven effective hundreds of times in real scenarios including arbitrations, grievances, unemployment hearings, labor board disputes, etc. When a manager properly applies these techniques, departing employees know they were treated fairly, avoiding disputes altogether.