Your agency's leadership has strongly encouraged all eligible employees to participate in the agency's alternate work schedule (AWS) and teleworking programs to promote work-life balance. You've met with your staff members to inform them of the options available and have demonstrated your support by establishing your own AWS and telework schedules. Your office is about to begin work on an annual project for which missed deadlines have historically been a problem. If the deadline for the project is not met this year, your office risks receiving negative publicity. Which of the following is the most effective and least effective action to take in this situation?
1) Meet with your employees to emphasize the importance of timely project completion this year, given the potential of receiving negative publicity if the deadline is not met.
2) Monitor your staff's progress and revoke their AWS and telework privileges if they fail to make sufficient progress as the deadline approaches.
3) Remind your employees of the history of missed deadlines on this project and ask them to identify actions they can take to ensure deadlines are met this year.
4) Work with your employees to create periodic deadlines designed to keep the project on track