Experience

Experiences from the field

The businesses’ names are confidential. These are real experiences, with identifying details removed.

Anonymous experience
One form, one meeting
Before any disciplinary warning
Story

A manager was upset with a cashier and asked for a formal warning, though the cashier had done the job correctly.

Action

The alleged breach was put in writing and reviewed in a private meeting with the manager, the employee and the coach.

Lesson

Two questions about the duty description were enough to stop a warning based on personal taste.

Manufacturing
Three months
Until a skilled employee left
Story

An administrator whom the manager was happy with said, after three months, that they wanted to work for themselves.

Action

After they left, a confidential conversation with them revealed the real reason.

Lesson

The reason was something never said directly to the manager.

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