Is A Carrot Enough To Motivate Employees? (Free E-Booklet)

If you are a business owner or manager and have people who work for your business you have probably asked yourself more than once, “How can I motivate my employees when they are at work?”  I have the opportunity to speak to small business owners often and I have found that this is one of … Continue reading →

What Do You Need To Dangle To Motivate Employees?

If you are a business owner or manager and have people who work for your business you have probably ask yourself more than once, “How can I motivate my employees when they are at work?”  I have the opportunity to speak to small business owners often and I have found that this is one of … Continue reading →

Delegation and Employee Growth

When you hear the word “Delegation” what do you think of? If you are a manager, team leader or employer you probably have the need to delegate to others who work with you. When working on a team there is the need to delegate tasks often in order for the workflow to be more efficient. … Continue reading →

What Can You Do To Motivate Your Employees?

I decided to do a throw back Thursday for today’s post.  This post originally debuted in November 2011 and is still a post that gets hits almost daily.  The article in full is linked below as it is too long for a blog post.   I think that this age-old question will probably be around … Continue reading →

Is There A Vision To Follow?

It is always a surprise to me when an employer will complain that their employees do not seem motivated and they fail to do the job that they expect of them. What employers commonly fail to realize is that employees need to know the workplace vision to understand why they are doing their job and … Continue reading →

Keeping The Gears Of Leadership Oiled

When talking with business owners I have found that many times they wonder why their employees do not tow the line when it comes to accountability in making things happen in a forward motion for the business. Or another way to say it, is they think because they hire someone who they should automatically understand … Continue reading →

What Type Of Power Do You Have As A Manager

In the “Harvard Business Review book on Motivating People” they address management factors and what makes a good, successful manager.  They discuss what they call “The Power Factor” and that the most successful managers have this power factor. Now this really caused me to lift an eyebrow at first because as a manager I never … Continue reading →