... from the employee and the time frame by which an improvement must be evident.3. As with the counseling summaries, unless your firm has a specialform it uses, you can use a standard memo format ... an employee the same way. Mark each time you interrupt the employee, and each time the employee interrupts you, and compare the two records.• Shifting Attention from the Employee s Performance ... Managers can also mentor their own staff members, assumingtrust exists between them and their employees. Contrary to what someexperts in mentoring say, mentoring takes time and effort. So it...