Managing Discipline: Starting a Respectful Conversation

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Progressive discipline is a structured, step-based approach to addressing employee performance or conduct issues. Instead of jumping straight to termination, it gives the employee clear feedback, an opportunity to improve, and escalating consequences if behavior doesn’t change. At its core, it typically follows a sequence like:

Verbal warning (coaching conversation)
Written warning
Final warning or suspension
Termination (if no improvement)

It’s important to understand that progressive discipline is not just a punishment system. It’s a behavior-change framework grounded in fairness, documentation, and consistency.

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Managing Discipline: Starting a Respectful Conversation™