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Employee Recognition

Recognize people for actions and results: completion of special projects, achievement of company goals, demonstrations of company values. Replace "Employee of the Month" with "Achievement of the Month."

Winning Leaders

Winning leaders are hard-charging and are never satisfied with their personal success and never stop pushing their organizations to strive for more - to get better each day.

Expectations

When you set clear expectations from the beginning, it eliminates most potential headaches in the future. 

Employee Engagement

71% of employees feel managers do not spend enough time explaining company goals. This disconnect between manager and employee is corroborated by Gallup, whose research indicates that managers account for up to a 70% of variance in employee engagement. 

Employee Engagement

According to Gallup, only 30% of employee are engaged in their work. And with research indicating that it is the engaged employees who are likely to be the innovators, driving growth and revenue for their companies, it becomes painfully obvious that a lack of engagement is costing businesses serious money. 

Incentive

Companies overvalue money as a motivator.  Relying on cash bonuses to motivate people makes them feel as though they need to be bribed to do their work.

Leadership

A Google study found that managers who "express interest and concern for team members success and personal well-being" outperform others in the quality and quantity of their work.  #leadership

Feedback

Frequent, informal check-ins will lead to more meaningful discussions, deeper insights, stronger job performance, and will result in greater employee satisfaction.  #employeefeedback 

Employee Feedback

Managers should focus less on the frequency of their developmental conversations with employees and more on depth and quality.

Reinforcement

Don't wait until the year-end bonus to celebrate.  The closer in time the reinforcement is to the performance and results, the more impact it will have.