{"product_id":"101-tough-conversations-to-have-with-employees-a-managers-guide-to-addressing-performance-conduct-and-discipline-challenges","title":"101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees: A Manager's Guide to Addressing Performance, Conduct, and Discipline Challenges","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees\u003c\/em\u003e provides guidance for managers on how to broach uncomfortable conversations across a wide range of issues.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInappropriate workplace conduct, lateness, sexually offensive behavior, productivity and communication issues . . . these are just a few of the uncomfortable topics supervisors must sometimes discuss with their employees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTop human resources author Paul Falcone?offers realistic sample dialogues managers can use to facilitate clear, direct interactions with their employees that help sidestep potential awkwardness and meet issues head-on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis practical, solution-oriented book walks you through some of the most common and most serious employee problems you are likely to encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees\u003c\/em\u003e, Falcone covers topics including: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esubstandard performance reviews, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprogressive disciplinary warnings and termination meetings, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFMLA abuse and ADA accomodations, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewage and hour challenges, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eteam turnarounds, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecompensation conflicts, and more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis handy guide helps you treat their people with dignity and respect, focusing not just on what to say but also on how to say it. It provides proven techniques you can use to protect yourself and your organizations--and get the very best from your people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eFalcone, Paul\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Falcone is principal of Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Consulting, LLC, specializing in management and leadership training, executive coaching, international keynote speaking, and facilitating corporate offsite retreats. He is the former CHRO of Nickelodeon Animation Studios and has held senior-level HR positions with Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, and City of Hope. He has extensive experience in entertainment, healthcare\/biotech, and financial services, including in international, nonprofit, and union environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul is the author of seventeen books, many of which have been ranked as #1 Amazon bestsellers in the categories of human resources management, business and organizational learning, labor and employment law, business mentoring and coaching, business conflict resolution and mediation, communication in management, and business decision-making and problem-solving. His books have been translated into Chinese, Hindi, Russian, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Turkish and have sold in excess of 750,000 copies worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul is a certified executive coach through the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching program, a long-term columnist for SHRM.org and \u003cem\u003eHR Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, an adjunct faculty member in UCLA Extension's School of Business and Management, and a member of the board of directors of the American Management Association. 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