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At times, unresolved personal and or professional
issues interfere with an employee’s ability to be consistent
and productive. As a supervisor, you may be the first to notice
a change in an employee’s work pattern. It may not be drastic
enough to disrupt your work, but significant enough to get
your attention. In the past, you might have overlooked this behavior,
thinking things would improve. Nowadays, you have a viable constructive
alternative – The University Faculty and Staff Employee
Assistance Program– also known as CARS (Counseling Assistance
and Referral Services).
Referring employees with performance problems
to CARS gives them an opportunity to resolve personal and professional
difficulties
before they seriously affect job performance and lead to termination.
It also helps identify employees whose problems may indicate
serious underlying factors, such as alcoholism and/or other drug
abuse, emotional, financial or marital troubles.
Given that our
primary focus is prevention and early identification, you – the
supervisor – are the key to the Employee
Assistance Program’s (CARS) success. Incorporating the
Faculty and Staff Employee Assistance Program (CARS) into managing
declining performance increases the likelihood of a positive
outcome: employees get the effective assistance they need and
you regain productive employees.
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