{"id":1733,"date":"2008-01-02T13:38:33","date_gmt":"2008-01-02T12:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progmanager.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/02\/20-fail-proof-ways-to-expose-a-lazy-employee\/"},"modified":"2008-01-02T13:38:33","modified_gmt":"2008-01-02T12:38:33","slug":"20-fail-proof-ways-to-expose-a-lazy-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2008\/01\/02\/20-fail-proof-ways-to-expose-a-lazy-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Fail Proof Ways to Expose a Lazy Employee"},"content":{"rendered":"

20 Fail Proof Ways to Expose a Lazy Employee<\/a> is an interesting blog post that contains some useful ideas and resources – but to my mind exemplifies much that is wrong with management today. The assumption is that the employees is ‘bad’ and has to be exposed, ‘put right’ or fired.<\/p>\n

In the majority of such cases, in my experience, managers get the employees that they deserve. The behaviour of the employee is a direct reflection of the way that they are being managed. I would advise the manager to reflect on their own role in creating this problem employee.<\/p>\n

‘Lazy’ is a label and labels rarely help. Managers must learn to notice the behaviours that they see that lead them to think that someone is lazy.<\/p>\n

They should then give feedback about the behaviours (arriving late, leaving early, personal e-mails, staring out the window for hours) and the impact that the behaviours have. ie ‘When you arrive late, leave early, stare out the window and spend hours on your personal e-mails I get frustrated because I can’t help thinking that you could get more done. I worry that you might get a reputation for laziness and that you won’t do as well as you could in your work here. Is there anything you can differently to avoid these concerns?<\/p>\n

Managers who know that they have a ‘disengaged’ employee must think about their own role in the employees lack of engagement. After all they are paid as a manager to ensure that people are productive! It is their problem – not the employees!<\/p>\n