4 Responses

1. Offer of help

   Hi,

    

   I have some info that may be of help – can you e-mail me and I will e-mail you back at [email protected]?

    

   Sarah

2. Absence management role plays

   Hi Claire

   I like to give every ‘manager’ the same brief (general performance of the employee, previous absences, etc) but with each ‘employee’ having a different underlying issue, which tests the manager’s ability to get to the root of the problem.
   E.g. underlying reasons for being absence might be:

   • Feeling hung over or very tired as playing in a band late into the evening
   • Having to tend to a sick relative or hospital visits for a personal (potential) long term ailment – which they don’t want to talk about
   • Depressed as unhappy in their job and taking time out to look for something else

   Each of these 3 scenarios may call for a different response and level of support from the manager, and illustrates to the group the importance of getting to the root cause.

   Hope this helps
   Caroline

   — Caroline Cooper Zeal Coaching

3. Absence Management

   Hi Claire

   I have some roleplays that I think will be useful to you

   Please email me on [email protected] and I will e mail them to you

    

   Glenda

4. A role play scenario on absence management

   Hi Claire

   I have a role play scenario consisting of a pair of A4 briefs for manager and staff member to role play a back to work interview. It has a twist (if the manager is patient enough with the team member) written into the staff member brief. Download at http://www.abctrainingsolutions.biz/management_skills_free_download.html and scroll to top resource: ‘Absence Management Role Play’. Please use/amend to fit your needs.

   Hope that helps

   Bryan