[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/boat.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.101″ max_width=”39%”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.101″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”20px” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]Every so often we find that individually or organizationally we have drifted away from upholding one of our standards or policies.<\/p>\n
It’s gotten pretty lax.<\/p>\n
What was once a well-defined line is now a big grey zone.<\/p>\n
Basically, it’s become unmanaged.<\/p>\n
What do we do now?<\/p>\n
Here are some steps to get things back on track:<\/p>\n
1. We have to own up to it. Tell staff, “Our bad, we have not been upholding this policy and we are changing that now.”<\/p>\n
2. Start over. Clearly state the policy as if it is brand new. Make sure everyone understands it.<\/p>\n
3. Set a grace period. Now you manage with reminding, coaching and supporting staff to come into compliance. Use noticing, acknowledging and appreciating, be careful not to fall into impatience and irritability.<\/p>\n
4. Moving forward with conversations of accountability. After the grace period if there are still stragglers move forward with 6 step accountability conversations.<\/p>\n
Drift from policies doesn’t have to be a big thing.<\/p>\n
Remember, it all boils down to dealing with employee incidents one at a time with acknowledgement, reminding and \/or correcting.<\/p>\n
Often the main problems for us as managers is that the policy wasn’t valued in the first place.<\/p>\n
So, part of repurposing a policy is to remember the value that policies bring the co-op and ourselves.
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Every so often we find that individually or organizationally we have drifted away from upholding one of our standards or policies.<\/p>
It's gotten pretty lax.<\/p>
What was once a well-defined line is now a big grey zone.<\/p>
Basically, it's become unmanaged.<\/p>
What do we do now?<\/p>
Here are some steps to get things back on track:<\/p>
1. We have to own up to it. Tell staff, \"Our bad, we have not been upholding this policy and we are changing that now.\"<\/p>
2. Start over. Clearly state the policy as if it is brand new. Make sure everyone understands it.<\/p>
3. Set a grace period. Now you manage with reminding, coaching and supporting staff to come into compliance. Use noticing, acknowledging and appreciating, be careful not to fall into impatience and irritability.<\/p>
4. Moving forward with conversations of accountability. After the grace period if there are still stragglers move forward with 6 step accountability conversations.<\/p>
Drift from policies doesn't have to be a big thing.<\/p>
Remember, it all boils down to dealing with employee incidents one at a time with acknowledgement, reminding and \/or correcting.<\/p>
Often the main problems for us as managers is that the policy wasn't valued in the first place.<\/p>
So, part of repurposing a policy is to remember the value that policies bring the co-op and ourselves.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[3],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-801","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-m2m"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/801\/revisions\/806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=801"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}