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Add You - Positive Discipline - The Hot Stove Rule
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TOO LOW - People take liberties. Productivity drops.
This line must be a well-defined set of behavior standards that you expect all employees to abide by and support. It is also important to ensure that these standards, rules or regulations are well-commun
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Introduction
The word discipline has a negative sound as we immediately think of authority and punishment. However, there is another more constructive way to think about this, which we can call – POSITIVE DISCIPLINE.
Positive discipline is all about creating an orderly environment where people can conduct themselves to agreed standards of behavior to the benefit of everyone. In this way we avoid unnecessary conflict and potential accidents.
Most family groups establish an atmosphere of Positive Discipline, which protects individual's rights but also develops harmony in the family. Positive Discipline is also an excellent learning medium for our children, which allows them to develop in a safe environment.
NEGATIVE DISCIPLINE is conflictive by nature and is damaging to group harmony. A potential negative discipline situation occurs when rules are disobeyed or when they are clearly accepted reluctantly.
Discipline line
The first step is to establish and maintain a reasonable, but firm discipline line.
TOO HIGH - People are insulted. Productivity drops.
TOO LOW - People take liberties. Productivity drops.
This line must be a well-defined set of behavior standards that you expect all employees to abide by and support. It is also important to ensure that these standards, rules or regulations are well-communi
People have found numerous ways to ruin a meeting. Here are two myths that make everyone uncomfortable.1) Endurance implies strength.Back in the days of saber tooth tigers and walking to work, physical toughness was essential for survival. Now, modern managers have found a twisted way to apply this in meetings.It works like this: First the participants drink huge amounts
Positive discipline is all about creating an orderly environment where people can conduct themselves to agreed standards of behavior to the benefit of everyone. In this way we avoid unnecessary conflict and potential accidents.
Most family groups establish an atmosphere of Positive Discipline, which protects individual's rights but also develops harmony in the family. Positive Discipline is also an excellent learning medium for our children, which allows them to develop in a safe environment.
NEGATIVE DISCIPLINE is conflictive by nature and is damaging to group harmony. A potential negative discipline situation occurs when rules are disobeyed or when they are clearly accepted reluctantly.
Discipline line
The first step is to establish and maintain a reasonable, but firm discipline line.
TOO HIGH - People are insulted. Productivity drops.
TOO LOW - People take liberties. Productivity drops.
This line must be a well-defined set of behavior standards that you expect all employees to abide by and support. It is also important to ensure that these standards, rules or regulations are well-commun
You’ve probably heard this, or maybe you will relate to this personally. Have you ever arrived somewhere and wondered, “How did I get here?” or “Why am I here?”Have you ever wondered if you’ve missed the boat (with your family on it)?Life is a battle that must be fought if there is to be a favorable outcome for you, as well as those around you that count the most. But often, we
Most family groups establish an atmosphere of Positive Discipline, which protects individual's rights but also develops harmony in the family. Positive Discipline is also an excellent learning medium for our children, which allows them to develop in a safe environment.
NEGATIVE DISCIPLINE is conflictive by nature and is damaging to group harmony. A potential negative discipline situation occurs when rules are disobeyed or when they are clearly accepted reluctantly.
Discipline line
The first step is to establish and maintain a reasonable, but firm discipline line.
TOO HIGH - People are insulted. Productivity drops.
TOO LOW - People take liberties. Productivity drops.
This line must be a well-defined set of behavior standards that you expect all employees to abide by and support. It is also important to ensure that these standards, rules or regulations are well-commun
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Discipline line
The first step is to establish and maintain a reasonable, but firm discipline line.
TOO HIGH - People are insulted. Productivity drops.
TOO LOW - People take liberties. Productivity drops.
This line must be a well-defined set of behavior standards that you expect all employees to abide by and support. It is also important to ensure that these standards, rules or regulations are well-commun
1. Stay in touch and be there for them quietly.Because you hear nothing from them, it does not mean that they are OK. Because they have come through one bout of unhappiness successfully it does not mean that it will be the last. Call weekly.2. Do they know how best you can support them?Some of us were brought up according to the independence model and have to be introd
TOO LOW - People take liberties. Productivity drops.
This line must be a well-defined set of behavior standards that you expect all employees to abide by and support. It is also important to ensure that these standards, rules or regulations are well-communicated and everyone is fully aware of them. This will tell an employee what is expected and what is not permitted. It is essential to set a discipline line that is achievable and effective in the real world. The key success factors are:
Consistent
Well communicated
Reasonable and justifiable
Flexible
Immediacy
There are many aspects to positive discipline and the following is an interesting one.
The "Hot Stove Rule"
However well you handle discipline it remains an unpleasant task that often causes resentment. The challenge to the supervisor is to apply the necessary disciplinary action so that it minimizes damage to individuals and to the manager himself.
A really effective way to incorporate all the rules that are described above is to adopt the hot stove rule. When you touch a hot stove, the reaction is immediate, with warning, consistent, and impersonal. For example:
The burn is immediate; there is no doubt about the cause and effect
There was advance communication, since everyone knows what happens if you touch a stove when it's red hot
The result is consistent; whoever touches a hot stove will always get burned
The result is impersonal because whoever touches a hot stove is burned. Th
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