Completing employee appraisals is a daunting task. I don’t think you’ll find a manager anywhere who disagrees. Often times, however, we worry so much about our end of the appraisal process that we forget how difficult and anxious it makes our employees. One of the best things you can do as a manager is to give your team members and employees the tools they need to prepare for their own appraisals before they happen.
Here are a few things you can do to help your employees prepare in advance for their appraisals
Set Expectations
Let your employees know what to expect during the appraisal process. Let them know that the appraisal process involves both the employee a Continue reading »
Change is a delicate area of business that most owners would rather not discuss but change is important in all types and sizes of businesses.
Some businesses do make changes with the best intentions, but can also be misguided based on poor advice or misdirected agendas.
As business requires change often, some business owners may feel that the pressures of an inefficient business place them in a rut they cannot get out of and accepting the inefficiencies of their business becomes commonplace for everyone in the company.
Unfortunately employees are in a rut just like you and your business are. If you start demanding change, no one is going to take you seriously. Why? Pro Continue reading »
In the typical growing company, most employees have been with the organization in their current job for only a few years. Today’s reality seems like all that there is, or ever has been. As a result, people are conservative in wanting to optimize what they have today. But if the company had simply done that kind of optimization in the past, the company might not have survived.
How did we get to where we are today, and what does it teach us about what we need to be doing now?
Most companies employed a process at least once to create the current business model. By making that process explicit, you can begin to see what elements need to be repeated and by whom.
Key elements of this proces Continue reading »
As said by Charles Kettering “There is a great difference between knowing and understanding”. The same holds true for people and in business. Understanding in business involves the proper management of your employees to accomplish goals.
Tips:
First, you need the right employee. Then follow these tips for employee management to direct the flow of your business for better results:
1. Structure establishment: Some type of structure needs to b Continue reading »
If you are an employer who believes that keeping your employees on a short leash will ensure a higher level of productivity, you may want to re-think your position.
I interviewed many employees that work for a Massachusetts collection agency that has adopted such policies and found some eye opening facts. The following is a partial list of the company’s outdated policies and the inevitable results caused by these outdated policies:
After being written up for tardiness 4 times, the employee is expected to take a .50 cent per hour pay cut for a specified amount of time with the potential of losing that .50 cents permanently.
The result: Employees, if they are going to b Continue reading »