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Endivius -> RE: Lost phone bill (6/23/2012 4:19:56 AM)
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I dunno about taking away the desk. At first glance it's a reasonable reaction. YOu throw your toys I take them away. Problem is, that as DS points out, he's USING the fucking thing. Let me show you my angle.
Cause : He's disorganized, sloppy, and/or lazy. This may not be true of everything about him. However, from what information you provided thusfar, it is certainly true of his organizational skills. So let's focus on those and not on the fact that he was late on a payment, as that was an indirect biproduct of his organizational skills.
Also, it would be important to point out that while you and so many others are rushing to jump on the punishment bandwagon, or worse, the "training" band wagon, you've ignored accepting your own responsibility on this issue. You are supposed to be the one in charge. That means if you delegate a task to someone, you do not just "up and forget" about it. It means you are assigning a task to someone else, but that responsibility still belongs to YOU. He may be paying the bills, but YOU are responsible for ensuring that it gets done. Period. You are supposed to lead by example. So lead.
Solution: Give him direction, not just on how to be more organized. Be aware of the little things. You want to be able to leave behind all the little details to him? Show him they matter to you. Don't get behind him and push, get in front and clear the path. This isn't about breaking some mental barrier like a fear of heights or spiders. This is about improving the way he conducts his financial affairs wich directly affects the both of you. He needs to know that you pay attention to these details and expect more of him.
There are a number of ways you can go about doing this, I won't blow sunshine up your ass and tell you my way is the way or any of that crap. Whatever way works for you is fine, the important thing is that you show him you are attentive to these things. Some of the things you might consider would be "patroling" his desk. If it's disorganized or things are out of place, call him in and make him organize it. Then he can go back to whatever it is he was doing before.
Keep track of all the due dates of your bills, and post them on a good old fashioned calendar he can hang in the office or keep at his desk. If you bring the calendar to him and lay out the way you want him to keep track of billing dates, as well as have him put reminders into his phone or pda then you are showing him; demonstrably so, that this matters. And if it matters to you, it matters to him. When you see him working hard at keeping things the way you have laid them out for him, then you reward him. If he starts to slack off then you can start thinking about punishments. Be first, be inspiration, lead.
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