Tough Topics: Talking to Employees about Personal Hygiene

As a manager, you’re probably used to dealing with many tough situations. But conversations about an employee’s personal appearance are a whole different ball game. It’s something that we often avoid talking about, or worse, make light of. This workshop has two major themes: a framework for having tough conversations and some common tough conversations that come up. You’ll walk away prepared for any kind of challenging conversation.

How You Will Benefit:

• Identify the advantages to having tough conversations
• Describe the components to an effective behavior modification conversation
• Use your organization’s resources to help you deal with hygiene issues
• Overcome barriers that employees put up when discussing hygiene problems
• Resolve hygiene issues such as bad hair days, inappropriate piercings and body art, poor clothing choices, bad breath, body odor, excessive gas, and incontinence
• Nip poor hygiene habits in the bud and identify ways to encourage good hygiene at your workplace

Programme Outline

• Let’s talk about it!
• Guidelines for difficult conversations
• Overcoming objections
• Bad hair days (and weeks… and months…)
• Addressing piercings and body artwork
• Helping employees dress for success
• Bad breath
• Body odor
• Gastrointestinal issues
• Bad habits
• Putting it into practice