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Inform your staff member that you are responsible for ensuring their well-being and that by not observing the proper lunch break period, you are put into the position of having to make a judgment call on the health impacts of their behavior.
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State neutral observations of your employee's actions and then describe the impact of their behavior and why you believe it's problematic.
To use normative controls effectively, companies need to create an environment in which customers care about the impact of their behavior on others.
It is often difficult for managers to understand the impact of their behavior on others, but parents, over years, can see the impact of their leadership on their children.
You goal is to help the person understand the impact of their behavior and the consequences of what will happen if their bad behavior continues (such as a written warning that will go into their personnel file, demotion, loss of job, etc.).
For example, instead of saying, "Your presentation needs to be more high level," say, "I got lost in the details and had a hard time understanding your objectives or the context". For my clients, it is often hearing about the impact of their behavior on their co-workers that really helps them understand their blind spots and motivates them to change.
Keeping a behavior journal, where they keep a log of behavior incidents, how they handled it, and what they may do differently in the future can help some students learn the impact of their behavior on others.
When people use the skill of awareness at work and see the impact of their behavior -- both positive and negative -- they can then begin to practice making intentional choices about what behaviors support or sabotage desired outcomes.
When people -- whether individual contributors, managers or leaders - practice awareness they are better able to see the impact of their behavior on others and the results related to that behavior.
That doesn't mean the initiator is in the right, but it does mean that often they are the least credible person to define the impact of their behavior on others.
I know that this is an unlikely thing for a clinical psychologist to say but I believe that there is a bit too much emphasis on our kids' feelings and not enough focus of the impact of their behavior on others.
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