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Positive Discipline
It's always interesting to me that the methods that are used to modifiy children's behavior are often quite similar (if not exactly the same) as the methods that we want to see employed by our construction leadership. I believe most people out in the workforce want to do a good job, and the reasons they may not are vast and complex. But how we deal with our people, teach them, and discipline them is going to directly impact the quality of work we get from them.
Dr. Jane Nelsen has written several best-selling parenting books on positive discipline, and Beth has this quote of Dr. Nelsen's hanging in her office:
Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, fisrt we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel lik cooperating or doing better? Children do better when they feel better.
The same goes for adults. Think of the last time (maybe long ago) that a supervisor embarrassed or demeaned you, even if it wasn't in front of anyone else. Did that get you excited about giving your best? Did you look forward to getting up the next morning and heading to work? In the high-pressure construction world, we often overlook how our leader's behavior affects our employee's behavior. If we want to get best from our people, we have to treat them like they are the best.