Skip to content

Workplace Coach Blog

Navigating Workplace & Life Challenges; Coaching & Inspiration

Primary Navigation

  • Home
  • Article Topics
    • Accountability
    • Bullying
    • Business
    • Career
    • Coaching
    • Conflict & communications
    • COVID-19
    • Discipline
    • Dr. Lynne Curry
    • HR/Human Resources & Operations
    • Leadership
    • Legal aspects of management
    • Management/supervision
    • National events & politics
    • Office politics
    • Personal growth
    • Professional growth
    • Remote work/Virtual
    • Team
    • Writing
  • Ask a Coach
  • Subscribe
  • Your Coach: Lynne Curry PhD
  • Visit my website
  • Media

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 2,494 other subscribers

Recent Posts

  • Quitter’s Remorse: I need to admit the truth
  • Gen Z: Don’t Make Crucial Mistakes When Managing Them
  • Recruiting Gen Z Employees? Employers, Change Your Ways.
  • Zoom Hiders: What Does It Cost Them?
  • Roe v. Wade in the Workplace
  • My Supervisor Doesn’t Have a Life
  • Career Trapeze or What Have I Done?
  • We Just Fired Our CEO
  • CEO Tells the Truth About Why He Fired Two Senior Managers
  • Caregiver Wipeout: Caught in a Vise Between My Employer’s Expectations and My Family’s Needs
  • 5 Statements Never to Make to a Bully
  • Negotiating a Raise with a Manager You Don’t Trust
  • Employer Plays Hardball, Insists All Employees Return On-site
  • Why Should I Work For You?
  • Are We Done with COVID OR Do We Just Want to Be?
  • Easter and Ukraine
  • Betrayed by My Employer — How Can I Fight Back?
  • Confess, please
  • Employer/Contractor Win/Win Turns into a Lose
  • Intriguing magazine focused on stories that illuminate ethical issues
  • It Isn’t the Pay; It’s What You Won’t Fix
  • Procrastination Blues: 5 Strategies for Saying Goodbye Forever to the Procrastination Blues
  • Emoji Harassment
  • The Ukraine Invasion: Actions You Can Take Today to Help Those Suffering
  • Are We Brave or Quiet?
  • Fallout Against Russian-born Employees
  • Remote employee moonlighting: opportunity for employees; challenge for employers
  • Pay Attention to Internal Warning Signals & Red Flags  
  • Restoring Trust in the Workplace: What managers can do to restore mutual trust that lasts for the long haul
  • Restoring Trust in the Workplace:

Article Topics

  • Accountability
  • Bullying
  • Business
  • Career
  • Coaching
  • Conflict & communications
  • COVID-19
  • Discipline
  • Dr. Lynne Curry
  • Drug & alcohol additction
  • HR/Human Resources & Operations
  • Leadership
  • Legal aspects of management
  • Management/supervision
  • National events & politics
  • Office politics
  • Personal growth
  • Professional growth
  • Remote work/Virtual
  • Rick Birdsall, J.D., B.A.
  • Team
  • Uncategorized
  • Writing

Recent Comments

Quitter’s Remorse: I… on Career Trapeze or What Have I…
Susan Dingle on Gen Z: Don’t Make Crucia…
Dan Tucker on Recruiting Gen Z Employees? Em…
Susan Dingle on Recruiting Gen Z Employees? Em…
Zoom hiders: Camera… on Meetings Are Us
Zoom hiders: Camera… on Can My Manager Make Me Keep My…
Zoom hiders: Camera… on Meetings Are Us
Zoom Hiders: Camera… on Can My Manager Make Me Keep My…
Susan Dingle on Zoom Hiders: What Does It Cost…
Zoom Hiders: Camera… on Meetings Are Us
Roe v. Wade in the W… on How To Deal With Political Dis…
Roe v. Wade in the W… on How To Avoid Political Landmin…
Lynne Curry on My Supervisor Doesn’t Ha…
Dan Tucker on My Supervisor Doesn’t Ha…
Susan Dingle on My Supervisor Doesn’t Ha…

Your Blog Options

  • Home
  • Article Topics
    • Accountability
    • Bullying
    • Business
    • Career
    • Coaching
    • Conflict & communications
    • COVID-19
    • Discipline
    • Dr. Lynne Curry
    • HR/Human Resources & Operations
    • Leadership
    • Legal aspects of management
    • Management/supervision
    • National events & politics
    • Office politics
    • Personal growth
    • Professional growth
    • Remote work/Virtual
    • Team
    • Writing
  • Ask a Coach
  • Subscribe
  • Your Coach: Lynne Curry PhD
  • Visit my website
  • Media

Category: Discipline

2 Easily Fixable Mistakes Managers Make When Disciplining Employees–And the Solution
Accountability, Business, Discipline, Management/supervision

2 Easily Fixable Mistakes Managers Make When Disciplining Employees–And the Solution

Continue reading 2 Easily Fixable Mistakes Managers Make When Disciplining Employees–And the Solution

If You’re a Supervisor Writing Documentation, Watch What You Write—It Can Bite You
Discipline, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Management/supervision

If You’re a Supervisor Writing Documentation, Watch What You Write—It Can Bite You

Your recorded words—they’re direct evidence. Direct evidence is evidence that proves the existence of a fact. Direct evidence includes someone … Continue reading If You’re a Supervisor Writing Documentation, Watch What You Write—It Can Bite You

The #1 Mistake Managers Make When Disciplining Employees
Accountability, Business, Coaching, Discipline, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Management/supervision

The #1 Mistake Managers Make When Disciplining Employees

This 70 second video engages you in a short experiment that gives you the answer: IMPACT. Begin with impact, and … Continue reading The #1 Mistake Managers Make When Disciplining Employees

Documentation That Makes the Case The Employee Deserved to be Fired
Business, Discipline, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Legal aspects of management, Management/supervision

Documentation That Makes the Case The Employee Deserved to be Fired

As an expert witness (qualified in Court in management best practices, HR, and workplace issues), I’m often handed documentation by … Continue reading Documentation That Makes the Case The Employee Deserved to be Fired

Bosses, Don’t Let Yourself Be Tricked Into Firing the Wrong Employee: When An Employee Has Possibly Set Up A Rival To Get Fired
Business, Discipline, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Management/supervision

Bosses, Don’t Let Yourself Be Tricked Into Firing the Wrong Employee: When An Employee Has Possibly Set Up A Rival To Get Fired

Question: Our coffee/food stand is open 12 hours a day — we catch the “going to work” crowd and the … Continue reading Bosses, Don’t Let Yourself Be Tricked Into Firing the Wrong Employee: When An Employee Has Possibly Set Up A Rival To Get Fired

Filing a Public Policy Complaint Against Your Employer for Violating COVID Protocols
COVID-19, Discipline, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Legal aspects of management

Filing a Public Policy Complaint Against Your Employer for Violating COVID Protocols

Question: Our company fired us last week. The stated reason: reorganization and “employment at will.” It was far more than … Continue reading Filing a Public Policy Complaint Against Your Employer for Violating COVID Protocols

Can We Fire Employees Who Took Part in the Capitol Building Riots?
Discipline, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Legal aspects of management, Management/supervision, National events & politics

Can We Fire Employees Who Took Part in the Capitol Building Riots?

Question: We were shocked to learn that two of our employees had travelled to Washington, D.C. to take part in … Continue reading Can We Fire Employees Who Took Part in the Capitol Building Riots?

Managing a Team When You Have No Firing Authority
Discipline, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Management/supervision

Managing a Team When You Have No Firing Authority

Question: I supervise 15 employees, the largest crew in our company. I’m expected to handle employees who don’t show up … Continue reading Managing a Team When You Have No Firing Authority

Employee Fakes COVID To Get 2 Weeks Off
Business, COVID-19, Discipline, HR/Human Resources & Operations, Legal aspects of management, Management/supervision

Employee Fakes COVID To Get 2 Weeks Off

When your employee or coworker calls to let you know he tested positive for COVID, you respond immediately with sympathy … Continue reading Employee Fakes COVID To Get 2 Weeks Off

Employee’s Facebook Post Threatens Me; Can I Fire Him?
Discipline, Leadership, Legal aspects of management, Management/supervision

Employee’s Facebook Post Threatens Me; Can I Fire Him?

Question: I recently learned one of my employees described me on his Facebook page as the worst supervisor he’s ever … Continue reading Employee’s Facebook Post Threatens Me; Can I Fire Him?

Posts navigation

Older posts
Powered by WordPress.com.