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Managing Essentials™ Hygiene Problems

Being a manager or supervisor isn't easy! What do you do about an employee with body odor, bad breath, or who appears unclean? What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Harmful Gossip

You have a problem with an employee who gossips and spreads rumors which have been detrimental to some working relationships. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Needs Motivation

You have an employee who seems disinterested, apathetic, or just isn’t putting forth the effort. What do you do? This type of behavior could impact the entire team. This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Poor Attitude

You’ve got an employee with an attitude problem. In most cases you can’t change a person’s attitude but you can encourage a change in behavior. How do you do that? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Resists Change

A change has been made in your area and, unfortunately, an employee is not accepting the change. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Substance Abuse

You believe an employee is abusing alcohol or drugs. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

It's the Law™: The Legal Side of Management

In the effort to prevent employee lawsuits, are your managers assets or liabilities? By providing them the knowledge and tools to handle workplace issues effectively, this program turns managers into a frontline defense against costly litigation.

The Goal™ (Dramatic Version)

If you are charged with rallying employees behind the concepts of quality and continuous improvement, The Goal: Dramatic Version will help managers achieve or surpass their goal. An engaging drama, this training program not only demystifies corporate buzzwords, like standards and bench marking, but also shows how your company can be run with efficiency and humanity.

The Goal™ (How-To Version)

Like the best-selling book upon which it is based, The Goal shares the inspiring story of Alex Rogo, who uses the principles of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) like bottlenecks, throughput, and flow balancing to transform his mediocre division into a money-making machine. Alex and his team reject common 'nonsense' measurements and discover a commonsense, yet more effective approach to boosting the company's bottom line.

After the Hire - Program Summary

No different than us, employees want to achieve the greatest possible results during their careers. If an employee can find the opportunity to grow either in responsibility or in place within our organization, they will likely stay put.

Challenging & Giving Opportunities

No different than us, employees want to achieve the greatest possible results during their careers. If an employee can find the opportunity to grow either in responsibility or in place within our organization, they will likely stay put.

Equal Employment

Understanding the concept of "Equal Employment"; introduces the obligation to treat everyone fairly.

Making Time for Your Employees

Every organization wants to keep its good employees. And employees who are productive, satisfied and valued in their jobs will generally stay put! How do you know if your employee is achieving those personal objectives? Again, take time. Time for getting his or her feedback.

Probe for Causes (Interviewing Tip)

Example of interview question and candidate response to prompt probing question.

Reward & Recognition

Most of the time, employees find rewards and recognition more motivating than money. As a matter of fact, it has been found that an employee is more likely to leave an organization because he or she did not receive adequate recognition.

Setting Expectations & Measurement

To be satisfied with their jobs, employees want and need to have a clear idea of what is expected from them. Performance expectations can be an employee’s role in the organization, a specific result to be achieved or goals to accomplish.

What Could Have I Done Differently?

It's usually not just one thing... employees leave for all sorts of reason. But there are opportunities to retain the best employees... even in a competitive market.

After the Hire - Program Introduction

Retaining valued employees is one of the major challenges facing organizations today and in the future. With a tight labor market and our competitive environment, retaining our good employees is one of the most important efforts we can make as managers. Not only must we find and hire great employees, we have to work hard to keep them.

AWOL Paul

When privacy and productivity clash

Good Enough

Not meeting expectations on the job

Grief

When an employee is terminally ill or suddenly passes away - the impact sends shock waves across the organization.

I Beg Your Pardon

Unprofessional hygiene practices

I Couldn't Help But Overhear

Dealing with employees talking about organizing a union

I Deserve It

Not performing up to expectations

I'm Fine...Really, I Am!

This case study demonstrates dealing with sensitive and confidential issues. This case study centers around medical issues, the ADA and FMLA.

Promises, Promises

Over-promising and under delivering.

The Assistant

Insubordination and unprofessional behavior

The High Performer

Coaching high-performers who have trouble getting along with their co-workers

Article: Full Plate

The constant pressure to do more with less can lead to worker burnout. Burnout happens when requests for our time and energy exceed our capacity to comply.

Article: Productive Workload Management

It seems donkeys, though beasts of burden, have limits. Load one to excess, and it will be hard pressed to do your bidding. People who work for us are no different. Some can juggle hats, plates, balls, and flaming torches simultaneously. Even the most talented will drop it all if we add too much to the mix.

Supervisory Strength Assessment

A very useful tool for assessing the relevant skills of your supervisors. This toll can also be used as a self-assessment or 360 degree assessment. The tool can be customized per your workplace needs.

Work Tasks Priority List

A simple tool to help employees and even new managers/supervisors log their tasks in order to understand and work on time management.

FOSA™ Documenting Discipline

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What do you do with employees who are not living up to expectations? Do you fire them on the spot? Do you give them another chance? How many chances do you give them before you terminate them? These questions and many more are being asked every day by supervisors and managers. This powerful program answers many questions supervisors have about handling performance problems with their employees and documenting the progressive discipline process.

Discussion Card: Peer Today, Boss Tomorrow™

Help newly promoted managers, supervisors and leaders navigate their changing roles and have immediate impact! These easy-to-use cards provide a simple model along with thought-provoking questions on better understanding what it takes to truly and successfully lead other. These cards are great for a quick training reminder, reinforcement or as a conversation generator.

Documenting Discipline (How-To Book)

Managers can protect themselves and their organization against legal action - if they get incidents properly documented. This best-selling resource provides steps to ensure solid, consistent documentation procedures throughout the entire organization. You will also learn how to correct performance problems with progressive discipline.

More Than a Gut Feeling™ IV

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World-Wide Best-Seller! Interviewers are more apt to select the best person for the job when they use this Behavior-Based Interviewing (BBI) strategy developed by Paul C. Green, PhD. Now in its 4th edition, More Than a Gut Feeling provides practical, easy to use instruction that helps organizations significantly enhance recruiting and hiring efforts, improve employee retention and equip managers (and others) with proven behavioral interviewing skills.

I Wish My Manager Would Just...™

Completely updated in 2021! The powerful program features employees speaking out about what their managers could do to help them be successful. It provides a fantastic look into what employees are really thinking about when it comes to their manager/supervisor relationship.

Managing Essentials™ Be More Assertive

You have an key employee who needs to be more assertive in recognizing needs, taking action, speaking up, and contributing ideas. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Communicating Plans for a Change

Changes are being made in your organization and employees are going to be concerned. You can’t control the changes but you can help control the employees’ reaction to the changes. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Consistently Late for Work

You have an employee who’s consistently late for work. It's negatively impacting others on your team. People are starting to complain. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Disability Discrimination

An employee comes to you and complains that she or he has been subject to disability discrimination. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Doesn't Interact Well With Others

You have an employee who doesn’t interact well with other people. If this is important in the person’s job, you need to address it... effectively and thoroughly. How do you do that? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Employee Doesn't Understand Expectations

You have an employee who works hard but doesn’t get the results you want. You’ve discovered the problem is that the employee doesn’t understand what’s expected to do the job correctly. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Employee Will Not Work Extra Hours

You have an employee who won’t stay after hours or come in early when it’s needed. The job position requires some flexibility of this kind. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Excessive Socializing

You have an employee who spends too much time chatting with others instead of working. The employee is being paid to do the best job possible during work hours. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Frequently Absent

You have an employee who’s missed too many work days. How much absenteeism is tolerated depends on your organization’s policy. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Gender Discrimination

An employee comes to you and complains that they have been discriminated against because of gender. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Inappropriate Dress

An employee is coming to work in clothes that are inappropriate for the workplace. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Lacks Necessary Job Skills

You’ve discovered an employee is not performing up to expectations due to lack of job skill. The employee insists that their work around is better. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Low Raise, Really?

You have an employee complains to you that their raise was less than expected. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Makes Unacceptable Mistakes

You have an employee who makes an unacceptable number of mistakes. It's impacting the team's work and deliverables. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Perform Beyond Skill Level

You have an employee who may have been promoted beyond their capability, or perhaps the job outgrew this employee. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Personal Problems at Work

You’re aware an employee is having some personal problems and you feel they’re affecting his or her work. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Race Discrimination

An employee comes to you and feels that they have been the target of racial discrimination. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Religious Discrimination

An employee comes to you and complains that they have been discriminated against because of their religion. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Safety Rules Violation

you’ve got an employee who consistently ignores certain safety rules and needs to understand safety regulations must be adhered to. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Solving Conflict Between Employees

A conflict between two or more employees is causing problems. For most managers or supervisors, the toughest part of dealing with conflict is making the decision to do something about it. So, what do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Termination Due To Downsizing

You have to let someone go because your organization is downsizing and you want to make it as painless as possible for the employee and for you. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Termination Due To Poor Performance

You have to fire someone for poor performance and you want to make it as painless as possible for the employee and for you. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Managing Essentials™ Too Many Personal Calls

You have an employee that's making and receiving too many personal phone calls during work hours. What do you do? This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Taking the Step Up to Supervisor (How-To Book)

Becoming a supervisor is your first step in the challenging and rewarding field of management. You have earned a new level of responsibility and authority because of your technical skills, attitude, and potential. Now you must master different skills to help you continue to advance and grow. This book will help you do that.

Discussion Card: Engaged Employees

Engagement is not the same as employee satisfaction… not the same as employee happiness. Employee engagement is the emotional commitment your employees have to the organization… and its goals. These easy-to-use cards provide a simple model (E.N.G.A.G.E.) along with thought-provoking questions on employee engagement. These cards are great for a quick training reminder, reinforcement or as a conversation generator.

Documenting Discipline™ (For Manufacturing/Industrial)

Disciplining and documenting employee performance is one of the most difficult parts of a manager’s job. But documenting performance is essential in correcting performances that require discipline, even praise-and protecting yourself as a manager. This manufacturing and industrial version of the best seller, Documenting Discipline™ provides steps to ensure solid, consistent documentation procedures throughout your company. Using the FOSA system, your managers can possess the tools to effectively and legally address performance issues.

Preparing for The Three-Dimensional Interview

Preparing to conduct an effective interview.

It's the Law™ - Program Introduction

Explains the responsibility of managers to know the law and how it applies in their workplace

Legal Briefs™ Workplace Privacy - Does It Really Exist?

Do your managers clearly understand the rules about privacy in the workplace? This program examines employees’ right to privacy and your organization’s rights to protect its information and property. Managers will learn how to effectively and legally establish, document, communicate and enforce policies regarding privacy.

Clarify Actions and Outcomes (Interviewing Tips)

Explanation of the probing strategy of clarifying actions and outcomes.

Common ADA Questions About Hiring

Help managers learn how to effectively handle and respond to tough ADA issues and guide them through the recruitment process.

Conducting The Three-Dimensional Interview

Explanation of how to conduct an effective three-dimensional interview.

Create a Probe from a Job Task (Interviewing Tip)

Example of interview question and candidate response to prompt probing question.

Evaluating Performance and Progressive Discipline

Introduces managers' responsibilities related to evaluating performance and progressive discipline.

Evaluating The Three-Dimensional Interview

Explanation of how to evaluate capability, commitment and culture fit in a three-dimensional interview

FMLA - Returning to Work

As tempting as it may be, when an employee is on an FMLA leave, you can't demand that he or she come back to work; even if you offer to make a reasonable accommodation, like a flexible schedule or assignment to light duty work.

It's Just a Card, Right?

This vignette covers union authorization card signing. There is set-up vignette (showing the actual conversation) and then a resolution vignette (showing how the manager works through the issue).

Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Avoiding Illegal Questions

Avoiding illegal questions during the interview process.

Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Conducting Legal Reference Checks

Conducting legal reference and background checks.

Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Describing the Job

The importance of using job-specific language and not exaggerating the benefits of a job during the recruiting and interviewing process

Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Promoting Diversity Legally

Dealing with members of a federally-protected status group during the recruiting and interviewing process.

Legal Briefs™ Recruiting and Hiring: Protected Classifications

The importance of avoiding reverse discrimination in the recruiting and hiring process.

Legal Briefs™ Workplace Privacy: Managing Expectations of Privacy

Managing employees' expectations of privacy in the workplace.

Legal Briefs™ Workplace Privacy: Obtaining Employee Consent

How to be sensitive to an employee's expectation of privacy; the obligation of a manager to inform employees about re-entry

Legal Briefs™ Workplace Violence: An Employee with a Temper

Dealing with hot tempers that could potentially lead to workplace violence.

Legal Briefs™ Workplace Violence: Employee Who Threatens an Outsider

Discusses how an employee who makes threats toward persons who do not work for their organization can still impact the organization's susceptibility to hostile work environment issues and other lawsuits.

Legal Briefs™ Workplace Violence: Investigating Rumors of Threats

The importance of investigating rumors of threats regardless of who is involved.

Legal Briefs™ Workplace Violence: Pre-Employment Screening

Obtaining permissions for pre-employment screening

Probe Based on Non-Verbal Cues (Interviewing Tip)

Example of interview question and candidate response to prompt probing question.

Probe for a Current Work Example #1 (Interviewing Tip)

Explanation of the probing strategy of probing for a current work example

Probe for a Current Work Example #2 (Interviewing Tip)

Example of interview question and candidate response to prompt probing question

Probe for a Current Work Example #3 (Interviewing Tip)

Example of interview question and candidate response to prompt probing question.

Probe for Actions Taken (Interviewing Tip)

Example of interview question and candidate response to prompt probing question

Probe Into Verbal Cues (Interviewing Tip)

Example of interview question and candidate response to prompt probing question.

Public Display (Union Flyers)

This vignette covers union flyers in break rooms. There is set-up vignette (showing the actual conversation) and then a resolution vignette (showing how the manager works through the issue).

Recruiting and Hiring

Introduces managers' responsibilities related to recruiting and hiring practices.

Repeat the Question (Interviewing Tips)

Example of interview question and candidate response to prompt probing question

Seek Contrary Evidence (Interviewing Tip)

Explanation of the probing strategy of seeking contrary evidence.

Substance Abuse: Detection

Using reasonable suspicion of substance abuse to raise the issue of drug use with someone.

Substance Abuse: Testing

The importance of communicating and enforcing employee drug testing policies is outlined in this short video.

Succeeding vs. Settling (Employee View Point)

Keeping the best employees means you need to help them succeed! That takes effort and desire on your part. Desire to give feedback - both good and critical... and encouragement.

The “Whatever” Co-Worker…

Getting people to care about things they think are "no big deal" can be a dance. But when everybody gets on the same page - understands how important their own contribution is – it can be amazing what happens. More work gets done right the first time, and everybody feels good about making the effort.

Credibility Is...™

Credibility is being aware of how we impact others. Building trusting relationships. Meeting deadlines...being responsive...having integrity. This thought-provoking, powerful short video uses impactful imagery, video and music to encourage discussion on the importance of credibility in the workplace.