Dealing with Difficult People in the Workplace

Difficult employees - WHY keep them, WHEN to terminate them, WHERE to protect yourself, and HOW to make it a positive for your organization. This probably causes the most headaches for HR professionals, because the workplace would be better without them, but there might not be good enough reasons to get rid of them. Join Phil and Burt as they discuss ways to encourage performance or properly handle situations that require separation.

• 3:03 - Poll - do you have a net negative contributor in your office? 
• 3:52 - Moving from annual to quarterly performance reviews 
• 9:24 - Employment at will and how that can help you get rid of a difficult person 
• 12:29 - Necessary documentation in a termination process 
• 16:17 - What to do when the employee doesn’t want to leave 
• 20:41 - How do you handle the high performer who creates problems in the workplace? 
• 23:50 - Are people retaining problem employees because it’s hard to find more talent? 
• 30:20 - Home Depot’s first ever union petition - teaser for next week