“My beautiful mother is no longer here with me but her valuable work ethic lessons play over in my head each day at work. It is important that we develop good training systems and programs in our workplace to not only make the business run better, but to teach valuable work standards to our employees.” … Continue reading
If your job includes overseeing others to make sure tasks to run the business are getting done, then you really want to have people on your team that are engaged in order to get the best performance from them. One of the first things that comes to our mind when we hear the word “engaged” … Continue reading
With everything that is going on in our work world during this time, it can be difficult to keep employees engaged with their job tasks and the desire to give great customer service. Taking the time to communicate daily with your team talking about your businesses current situation and any job concerns they may have … Continue reading
Working with small businesses I will often hear the employees say that they do not feel that their supervisors really care about them. They are just there to do a job. While it is true, they are there to do a job, employees need to know that their supervisors and employers care that they are … Continue reading
When working with small business owners and their managers I often will hear that they struggle with getting their staff to really own their job tasks. My first question to them when I hear this is “Do they know their purpose in the business?” and this question is followed by “Do they know how much … Continue reading
Training employees can be a daunting task, especially if you do not have a training program in place. In order for employees to be successful in their position their training has to be centered around making them successful. What does that mean? Often, when a new hire is being trained there is no thought on … Continue reading
Surveys have shown that a key factor to having long-term employees is keeping them engaged in their job and the organization as a whole. If employees are satisfied with their job and where they work they are more likely to stay. So employee satisfaction needs to be number one on the employer/employee list of things … Continue reading
When you talk to people about their job you will usually hear one of two things; “I love my job or I hate my job.” There are times when you might hear, “My job is okay, I am glad I have one, but it is just a job.” With the latest Gallup Poll showing that 70% … Continue reading
Studies have shown that workplace appearance affects employee performance. If you think about it, who wants to spend 8 hours of their day in a building, room or cubical that is messy, dirty or drab? Our office recently got a facelift. Our decor had not changed much over the past 10 years and was looking … Continue reading
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