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  • Coaching and counseling. What’s the purpose?

  • Keeping it simple: The Three Tiers of documentation/ communication

  • Proper documentation? How important are the little details?

  • Progressive discipline: What is that?

  • Objective vs Subjective

  • Questions?

  • Ultimately, the goal of coaching and counseling is to improve associate performance, create adherence to policies and/or procedures, or to correct behavior that is not meeting expectations.

  • Tier #1: The expectation. This is what we are all judged on. The standard that is set.

  • Tier #2: How expectations or standards are not being met.

  • Tier #3: The expectation moving forward.

  • Everything we put on paper are legal documents that may be used in legal proceedings! The “little details” can and will be used against us.

  • It simply means that we are taking steps to make sure the associate is being properly trained, coached, notified, etc.

  • Objective means that we can measure it against a standard, and is more black and white. Examples include whether a task was completed, whether an associate clocked in on time, etc.

  • Subjective means that there is gray area, and can be influenced by outside factors. Examples include “being a team player”, the nature of someone’s attitude, etc. Things that cannot be easily measured.

  • So what are the expectations? They are in the handbook! When was the last time YOU read the Employee Handbook?

  • How do we know what is expected? How do we know the standards and policies and procedures?

  • Generally these are policy violations, substandard performance, unprofessional conduct, etc. By having communication, we are notifying the associate that they are not meeting our expectations.

  • We have reviewed the previously mentioned expectation, provided re-training if appropriate, and notified the associate that they are expected to meet the expectation moving forward.

    • All blanks should be filled in accurately, including dates, names, details, etc.
    • Spelling, punctuation, grammar, are all equally important
  • What box to click on the documentation (counseling, 1st written, 2nd, final, etc.) can be tricky, but that’s why we are here!

  • All associates begin learning during orientation! Certain expectations are communicated during NHO, and they are also given a copy of the handbook. Departmental training also communicates standards and expectations.

  • Progression is important for many reasons. There will be exceptions, but please always check with HR on what has already been documented.

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