Problem Solving: Dealing With Employee Issues
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Everyone in a leadership position will have to deal with employee issues. Whenever people work together friction occurs. How you deal with these issues will have a major impact on your success as a leader. “Problem Solving – Dealing With Employee Issues” lays out a systematic approach to dealing with employee issues and the associated problems.
Larry B. Gray
I grew up in Eastern North Carolina in the small rural town of Aurora. My early years were spent working on my grandparents' tobacco farm and exploring my world of family, friends and school.After marrying my high school sweetheart in 1972, I moved to Lakeland, Florida where I spent my adult years raising a beautiful family and working in the citrus industry with over 39 years of manufacturing management experience, selling real estate and being a writer wannabe, all at the same time.In my spare time I attended and graduated from Florida Southern College while working full time and starting a family.I am still married to my high school sweetheart and have 3 beautiful children and two wonderful grandchildren.Life is not always easy but in the scheme of things it is fun and gets better everyday. Come join me on this great adventure, remembering the past and building the future.
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Problem Solving - Larry B. Gray
Problem Solving – Dealing with Employee Issues
By Larry B. Gray
Copyright © Larry B. Gray, 2012
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Table of Contents
Problems vs. Opportunities
Do It Now
Get the Facts
We Need to Talk
You’re Fired
The Rattlesnake and the Rabbit – A Lesson in Life and Problem Solving
About the Author
Problems vs. Opportunities
As I reflect on the advice and sayings of various people who have mentored me over the years I can’t help but notice how their words have helped shape and mold my leadership skills and life in general into what it is today. Tony, the Plant Manager of the Kraft Foods plant where I worked, was one my earlier mentors I find myself quoting often. One of his favorite sayings was:
There is no such thing as a problem, only an unsolved opportunity.
When I would come to him with a problem I