{"type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "title": "Managing in the discomfort zone", "subjects": ["Management", "Problem employees", "Work environment", "Gestion", "Employ\u00e9s \u00e0 probl\u00e8mes", "BUSINESS & ECONOMICS", "Industrial Management", "Management Science", "Organizational Behavior"], "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL57320A"}}], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Why is it that effective action is so often difficult to take? How do you make it work when you do take it? Human nature tends to make action difficult - or make it more likely to be delayed or be done half-heartedly (with subsequent negative impact on results). There are so many unpleasant issues to be faced, such as firing people or dealing with poor or unacceptable behaviour and performance; tackling sensitive issues such as bullying and discrimination; and handling awkward or embarrassing situations like networking or prospecting. Too often, managers and others find themselves in the 'disc."}, "covers": [12860082], "key": "/works/OL28607179W", "latest_revision": 1, "revision": 1, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2022-08-16T04:30:53.211610"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2022-08-16T04:30:53.211610"}}