MBA (General)IV – Semester, Training and Development Unit 5.3
Ingredients of Counseling
Counseling of staff is becoming an essential function of the managers. The organization can either take the help of experienced employees or expert, professional counselor to take up the counseling activities. Increasing complexities in the lives of the employees need to address various aspects like:
Ingredients of Counseling
Counseling of staff is becoming an essential function
of the managers. The organization can either take the help of
experienced employees or expert, professional
counselor to take up the counseling activities. Increasing complexities
in the lives of the employees need to address various
aspects like:
Performance Counseling
Ideally,
the need for employee counseling arises when the employee shows signs of declining performance, being stressed in office-hours, bad
decision-making etc. In such situations,
counseling is one of the best ways to deal with them. It should cover all the aspects related to the employee performance like the
targets, employee’s responsibilities, problems faced,
employee aspirations, inter-personal relationships at the workplace, et al.
Personal and Family Wellbeing
Families
and friends are an important and inseparable part of the employee’s life. Many a times, employees carry the baggage of personal
problems to their workplaces, which in turn affects
their performance adversely.
Therefore,
the counselor needs to strike a comfort level with the employees and, counseling sessions involving their families can help to
resolve their problems and getting them back to work- all fresh and enthusiastic.
Other Problems
Other
problems can range from work-life balance to health problems. Counseling helps to identify
the problem and help him / her to deal with the situation in a better way.
