Bad Apples: How To Manage Difficult Employees, Encourage Good Ones To Stay, And Boost Productivity - Softcover

Sember, Terrance

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605500046 ISBN 13: 9781605500041

Publisher: Adams Media, 2009

Synopsis

Unlike other career books, this book offers managers a team-focused approach to neutralizing a not-so-pleasant—or productive—working atmosphere. Instead of isolating the one problem employee, relevant teams are considered as part of the solution. The result? Solutions stick and there's less likelihood of the bad apple ruining the bunch.

Complete with situational advice and case studies taken straight from the trenches, this simple and straightforward guide teaches managers how to:

• Calm down combatants
• Motivate wasters
• Silence gossips
• De-arm backstabbers
• Convince passive-aggressives to open up
• Teach narcissists the importance of the team

This book helps managers decide what the right course of action is—whether it means chastising negative behavior, encouraging positive outlooks, separating certain folks, creating teams for success, giving employees warnings, and/or firing the ones who are pretty much rotten through and through. This book is essential reading for any manager looking to ensure a pleasant, productive—and fruitful—work environment.

About this title

About the Author

Brette Sember is a former attorney and author of over 30 titles including The Essential Supervisor's Handbook. Terrence J. Sember (Clarence, NY) is Vice President of Internet and Technology Services for Chakra Communications. He is coauthor of The Essential Supervisor's Handbook.

Edition details

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605500046
• ISBN 13: 9781605500041
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256