How to Tell Your Employee They Stink

Telling an employee that they smell bad is a tough and rather personal conversation that many office managers and owners avoid. Whether you’ve had patients or other employees complain, or have noticed the odor yourself, it can be tricky to tell an employee that they stink. Grace Godlasky, CEDR’s Solution Center Manager, is on the podcast today to discuss her new complimentary HR education course: The Clean Conversation. This week, episode 91 of What the Hell Just Happened?! is about how to tell your employees they stink - and why you should handle the conversation with compassion.

 

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In this episode of What the Hell Just Happened?!, CEDR CEO and Founder Paul Edwards is joined by Grace Godlasky to share the importance of handling hygiene conversations at the office with compassion and actionable steps you can take to have the conversation around smells with your employees.

 

Paul Edwards and Grace Godlasky also discuss:

 

• Medical and other life reasons an employee may smell, and the need for compassion with each conversation around hygiene
• Protected reasons someone may smell, and how to still enforce good hygiene in your practice
• Interesting real-life examples of smelly employees and how their hygiene was handled

 

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