Coaching for improved work performance by Fournies Ferdinand F

Author:Fournies, Ferdinand F
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Supervision of employees, Employees, Personnel management, Personnel, Personnel, Führung
Publisher: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
Published: 1978-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

100 Coaching For Improved Work Performance

little importance to the job or company. Why would a manager discipHne a subordinate who has been late for work once in six months, or who has submitted one sloppy report out of a hundred, or who has made any error for the first time? When I ask managers why they pounce on a single occurrence of unsatisfactory performance their usual response is, "I don't want him to get any bad habits," or "I want them to know that I know they did it," or "If you give them an inch they will take a mile."

On other occasions managers get involved in so-called disciplinary discussions with subordinates (actually, these are guidance and counseling) about things that are clearly not related to what the subordinate is being paid for. When asked why, managers say, "It might lead to bad attitudes, I have to help them maintain the right attitude." This appears to be based on the premise that managers somehow have the responsibility to guide their subordinates' total Hves. I have seen workers threatened with the loss of their jobs if they didn't shave off mustaches or beards, or because their hair was too long. I have seen women whose jobs were threatened because they wore mini skirts and others because they wore slacks on the job. There was a president of a small, midwest company in the news a few years ago whose action inadvertently shut down his plant. He made a rule that employees could not smoke, even on their rest periods, because it was injurious to health.

One company president wanted me to draft a company dress code to legislate against bralessness, which could be used as a basis for terminating employment if violated. According to his logic, girls who did not wear bras distracted the male workers and visitors. It took quite an effort to get him to understand that he had no right (much less a method) to control what kind of underwear his employees wore. There are companies where striped or colored shirts are not an alternative to plain white; others, where a vest is mandatory; still others, where if you wear a sport jacket, you are pegged as someone who does not expect to be on the management development list. In view of managers' predominant complaint that there is not enough time to do the things they have to do, it is amazing how much time they waste, both theirs and their subordinates, on unimportant subjects and subjects unrelated to work.

The fact is that time is not available in unlimited quantities; it does

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