Published March 31st, 2008
Knowing what will motivate your employees is tough. Thus, it is important to determine how and what makes each of your employees tick. This will help you to establish different motivators that will appeal each person.
Regardless of what you do to motivate your employees, it is important that you do something. If you do not do anything to motivate your employees, they will care less about the success of the organization, or about their jobs. Motivation does not always come in the form of financial rewards. That is an important motivator to have in place, but money is not... Read more
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Published March 26th, 2008
There are two types of reactions to everything in life - positive and negative. This goes all the way down to the operation of the smallest atoms and molecules that make up the environment around us. It also comes into play at the workplace.
As a small business owner, you regularly have to choose between positive and negative reactions to things that happen. When dealing with your employees, you may let things continue as is - until something goes wrong.
You may then resort to using a negative reaction to effect course correction. While negative consequences do work, at least... Read more
Tags: advice, company morale, employee morale, Hiring and Human Resources, Leeia Ladpoh, managment, motivating employees, tips
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Published March 13th, 2008
When it comes to planning a retail strategy, you should always be one season ahead. While others are spring cleaning, you should be doing a fair amount of summer planning.
Planning is not just about making sure you have the right inventory on the shelves; it has to do with boosting morale and creating sales as well.
Employee Morale
If yours is one of the many small businesses that experience a summer lull, you may notice that your staff mood follows suit. While your employees stand in the store day after day, you may notice a little bit of a... Read more
Tags: advice, employee morale, employee time off, employee vacations, Hiring and Human Resources, Leeia Ladipoh, tips
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