It's Much Easier To Polish An Apple. Subject: How do managers decide how and when to deal with poor employee performance

It's Much Easier To Polish An Apple Being a manager is simple -- just like losing weight is simple! Of course, anyone who has ever tried either task and done their job well knows that both take hard work. Also (similar to losing weight), managing of people is a skill, one that must be learned. Managers daily face the task of dealing with difficult employees. They must deal with employees who are habitually tardy, absent, …

…scope and work with them to correct the situation (management-by-corrective-intervention). The approach to a problem employee situation should be in a positive and constructive manner (management-by-corrective-intervention), follow the six steps mentioned by they author, to be firm, to be fair, and to show that you care. The key is to not let the employees become problems and remember that it's much easier to polish an apple than to peel the specs off the rotten apple.