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Digg it UP - The Ten Keys to Maximizing Employee Performance
Many small companies are trying to empower their employees and alleviate some of the hardships of over regulations, taxation and paper work. Often these small businesses will attempt to make their employees Independent Contractors. Where this might sound like a good idea it is also a very gray area of law and can get you into a real bind if not done correctly.Even so for some types of businesses it does make a lot of sense. For instance those types of businesses, which are offsit
8. Money only keeps them coming back. Take it away and they won’t come at all but more of it will do nothing to make them work or play harder.
9. Treat your pe
With a lengthy history that is second to few other products, the growth, spread and use of tobacco throughout the world has been a major factor in trade since its first being observed by Europeans in the Americas. As was the case among the native tribes, the tobacco plant was soon used in a broad range of applications from patent medicines that claimed miraculous cures for virtually any ailment to the more familiar methods of ingestion including chewing, inhalation as snuff
2. Be a systems thinker. Remind people of their interconnectedness and that something happening in one area affects all other areas. If people know how what they do impacts on others, they’ll try harder to do it well.
3. Keep people informed. Don’t assume that others can read your mind. If there’s something going on, let them in on it. Without information people invent it and the human tendency is to think the worst. A well-timed word can prevent a lot of worry.
4. Let people “own” their jobs. Remember your first car and how you felt about owning it and how hard you worked to keep it clean and in good running order? Well the same hold true for people’s jobs. If people feel ownership of their job, the harder they will try to take care of it and do it well.
5. Establish a feedback culture. Things go wrong probably no more than five or ten percent of the time yet we spend ninety percent of our time belabouring those few things. We probably only spend ten percent of our energy talking about the ninety percent of things that are done well. Spending more time providing feedback about the positive outcomes makes it easier to talk to people about those that are negative. Passing on a good word about someone or providing deserved praise or recognition doesn’t diminish you in any way. It doesn’t take any light from your candle to light someone else’s. Feedback truly is the breakfast of champions and people who feel like champions act like champions.
6. Share your power. Invariably when I ask people in my training sessions who has power in the room they point to me. To an extent that’s true. I do have power but only if the group gives it to me. When we’re given power, there is an expectation that we will use it responsibly. People who use power responsibly shun manipulation and intimidation and focus on what they can give to others rather than on what they can get. They share their power, giving others the opportunity to influence events and situations. And, like the biblical direction about “casting your bread upon the waters,” the return is a thousand fold. Those with whom the power is shared give it back in greater measure and the mutual ability to influence is enhanced. Simply put, power shared is power gained.
7. The coach, not the players get fired. When a sports team performs poorly, the coach is fired, not the players. And the players, not the general manager, fire the coach. How does all of this work? Quite simply, the coach fails to provide the conditions that motivate players to maximize their performance and, as a result, they play just hard enough to keep their jobs. “Spoiled athletes,” you might say. “The money they make should be enough to motivate them!” Which leads to eighth key:
8. Money only keeps them coming back. Take it away and they won’t come at all but more of it will do nothing to make them work or play harder.
9. Treat your pe
Determining the "best" time to do a particular marketing event or run a promotion is a decision fraught with indecision, incomplete information, and a fair amount of hoping that the winds of fate don't conspire against you.One easy way to tip the scales in your favor is to "calendarize" your marketing events against known holidays, events, celebrations, etc.By taking the time to evaluate major events and activities, you can plan marketing activities to exploit these target
4. Let people “own” their jobs. Remember your first car and how you felt about owning it and how hard you worked to keep it clean and in good running order? Well the same hold true for people’s jobs. If people feel ownership of their job, the harder they will try to take care of it and do it well.
5. Establish a feedback culture. Things go wrong probably no more than five or ten percent of the time yet we spend ninety percent of our time belabouring those few things. We probably only spend ten percent of our energy talking about the ninety percent of things that are done well. Spending more time providing feedback about the positive outcomes makes it easier to talk to people about those that are negative. Passing on a good word about someone or providing deserved praise or recognition doesn’t diminish you in any way. It doesn’t take any light from your candle to light someone else’s. Feedback truly is the breakfast of champions and people who feel like champions act like champions.
6. Share your power. Invariably when I ask people in my training sessions who has power in the room they point to me. To an extent that’s true. I do have power but only if the group gives it to me. When we’re given power, there is an expectation that we will use it responsibly. People who use power responsibly shun manipulation and intimidation and focus on what they can give to others rather than on what they can get. They share their power, giving others the opportunity to influence events and situations. And, like the biblical direction about “casting your bread upon the waters,” the return is a thousand fold. Those with whom the power is shared give it back in greater measure and the mutual ability to influence is enhanced. Simply put, power shared is power gained.
7. The coach, not the players get fired. When a sports team performs poorly, the coach is fired, not the players. And the players, not the general manager, fire the coach. How does all of this work? Quite simply, the coach fails to provide the conditions that motivate players to maximize their performance and, as a result, they play just hard enough to keep their jobs. “Spoiled athletes,” you might say. “The money they make should be enough to motivate them!” Which leads to eighth key:
8. Money only keeps them coming back. Take it away and they won’t come at all but more of it will do nothing to make them work or play harder.
9. Treat your pe
In the competitive world of the 20th century, we generally viewed competitors as the enemy. And a competitor was anyone who sold to the same target audience as us - even if they sold a different item. After all, since there was a finite group of customers and a limited amount of money, if they spent it with your competitor, there was less for you. Fast forward to the 21st century. We have a different view of the world. We now recognize that the pie is big enough for all of us. A
6. Share your power. Invariably when I ask people in my training sessions who has power in the room they point to me. To an extent that’s true. I do have power but only if the group gives it to me. When we’re given power, there is an expectation that we will use it responsibly. People who use power responsibly shun manipulation and intimidation and focus on what they can give to others rather than on what they can get. They share their power, giving others the opportunity to influence events and situations. And, like the biblical direction about “casting your bread upon the waters,” the return is a thousand fold. Those with whom the power is shared give it back in greater measure and the mutual ability to influence is enhanced. Simply put, power shared is power gained.
7. The coach, not the players get fired. When a sports team performs poorly, the coach is fired, not the players. And the players, not the general manager, fire the coach. How does all of this work? Quite simply, the coach fails to provide the conditions that motivate players to maximize their performance and, as a result, they play just hard enough to keep their jobs. “Spoiled athletes,” you might say. “The money they make should be enough to motivate them!” Which leads to eighth key:
8. Money only keeps them coming back. Take it away and they won’t come at all but more of it will do nothing to make them work or play harder.
9. Treat your pe
Honey, did you turn off the computer? If that sounds like you, you might want to make sure you purchase a nice comfy couch, because you may be sleeping on it, according to comments on a Yahoo News Article recently. But there’s more to the story than just your computer… Are you a geek?If you can’t turn out your lights until you read that last text from your coworker, you might want to rethink your priorities. Time off from work is just as important as ‘getting it all done.’
7. The coach, not the players get fired. When a sports team performs poorly, the coach is fired, not the players. And the players, not the general manager, fire the coach. How does all of this work? Quite simply, the coach fails to provide the conditions that motivate players to maximize their performance and, as a result, they play just hard enough to keep their jobs. “Spoiled athletes,” you might say. “The money they make should be enough to motivate them!” Which leads to eighth key:
8. Money only keeps them coming back. Take it away and they won’t come at all but more of it will do nothing to make them work or play harder.
9. Treat your pe
Employees are a lot like cars or houses. The amount of care, attention to detail, and feelings of permanency we project toward our cars or houses is comparable to the way employees view their work relationship. Consider the analogy.Employee RentersWhen we rent a car or a house, we are less likely to spend a lot of time caring for it, nurturing it, or preserving it. On vacation, when we hit a big bump on the road, we say, “no big deal… it’s a rental.” Or if we kn
8. Money only keeps them coming back. Take it away and they won’t come at all but more of it will do nothing to make them work or play harder.
9. Treat your people like volunteers. Have you ever noticed how hard volunteers’ work, how dedicated most of them are, how much time they give to their volunteer organizations? Why is that? Well mostly because others recognize and appreciate their skills. Often volunteers are given important jobs that carry large responsibility. Recognition and opportunity are what drive volunteers. Treat the people who work with you like volunteers and the results will amaze you.
10. And finally, remember that happens while you’re there doesn’t matter--it’s what happens when you’re not there that counts.
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