How to Master Progressive Discipline and Structure Terminations
This session will cover all types of employee performance problems from substandard work quality, absenteeism, tardiness, insubordination, sexual harassment to lack of sales production. You will receive a template that invites your employees to involve themselves in their own improvement game plan which gives them a chance to take ownership of their own performance improvement. Consistent application of discipline will build your managers’ confidence in the documentation process, save time, and minimize the liability inherent in one of the hottest topics in business today -- employee termination. This session will teach you to teach them how to discipline both the probationary and tenured employee for:
- Policy and procedure violations.
- Performance transgressions.
- Behavior and conduct infractions.
- Attendance and tardiness problems.
Paul Falcone

Paul Falcone (PaulFalconeHR.com) is principal of Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Consulting, LLC, specializing in management & leadership training, executive coaching, international keynote speaking, and HR advisory services. He is the former CHRO of Nickelodeon Animation and has held senior-level HR positions with Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, and City of Hope. He has extensive experience in entertainment, healthcare/biotech, and financial services, including in international, nonprofit, and union environments.
Paul is a long-term columnist for SHRM, a certified executive coach, a board member of the American Management Association, and a bestselling author of 17 books published by HarperCollins Leadership, the American Management Association, and SHRM.
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