Don’t punish the system
One person problem.
One person conversation.
A classic management mistake:
Someone ignores the process, and you respond by adding a new rule for the entire team.
That’s how bureaucracy grows.
That’s how trust dies.
Policies are expensive.
Use them for patterns.
For one-offs, handle it directly:
- Clear expectation
- Clear consequence
- Private conversation
Don’t punish the system.