If your company’s most strategic effort to motivate employees is monetary, you may be missing the mark.
Motivation: 5 Strategies that Work
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Corporate Culture: A critical component of the hiring process
Hiring a new employee is always a challenge. Instead of looking at a candidate’s skills, first consider if this employee will fit into your culture.
Encourage Employee Engagement
Do your employees enjoy coming to work? Do your employees feel valued? Are your employees committed to their role in the organization? Do your employees understand the mission of your organization? Are your employees proud to work for you? Take time to honestly assess your answers to the above questions.
Help Your Employees by Understanding Learning Styles
Remember, adult learning is a specialized field and employees must understand how the learning concept will impact them. . .”What’s in it for ME?” And since everyone has a learning style preference, make sure you give your employee the necessary tools for success. Consider the following learning style preferences and evaluate your training methods.
Positive Employee Recognition
When companies communicate there is an investment of time and money being spent on updating handbooks and policies, they may also receive some positive employee recognition: Through greater employee satisfaction and work quality improvements because employees feel as though they are valued by their employer. Companies can take the opportunity to communicate the changes and/or […]
Updating Company Policies When Introducing an Updated Handbook
Updating Company Policies When Introducing an Updated Handbook Given the climate of the economy and many employees being asked to complete more work for their current salary and potentially forgo annual increases, giving employees the tools to do their jobs as effectively and accurately as possible is even more critical today. With companies being forced […]
Beyond the Typical Company Handbook
Beyond the Typical Company Handbook – Companies are getting more out their employees with effective company policies. What is typical? A typical handbook gives employees a laundry list of do’s and don’ts, a description of benefits and how they get paid, and an idea of who to speak with if they ever have an issue. […]
Way Behind on Employee Performance Reviews?
Whether you are a manager or small business owner, chances are you have found yourself, at one time or another, behind on your employee performance reviews. It sounds great to have performance reviews included in your employee handbook, and everyone has the best intentions on getting them done and delivered, but then months go by […]
Progressive Discipline Policy Sample
Company Policy Series – Progressive Discipline Policy Sample The purpose of the Progressive Discipline Policy is to establish consistent guidelines to follow for addressing behavior that requires disciplinary action, and to provide a structured corrective action process to improve and prevent a recurrence of undesirable behavior, violations of company policies and procedures, and performance issues. […]