Pay Your Managers and Employees EXTRA MONEY for Doing EXTRA WORK

When I do Consulting I often recommend that the Company should offer to pay their Managers and Employees Extra Money for doing Extra Work or Extra Money for getting the Work done in Record Time. Quite often they balk at this idea because they feel they are already paying good or even great compensation for these people to do the work they were hired for.

Developing a High Performance Project Team

Much is written in Project Management journals about every conceivable facet of project teams. Topics about their organization, culture, communication with clients, problem solving skills, etc. are virtually endless. There are lots of rules, tips, and suggestions about what they should do but not as much on how to do it. For example, “high performance work teams” has been a catch phrase for a long time. Everyone wants to create one or think they are a part of one but how would a PM actually develop one? If you aren’t sure, this will get you started in the right direction.

Keeping Employees For The Long Run- Employee Retention

Every year companies spend millions in recruitment due to employee turnover. Turnover and its associated costs are a burden that used to be just the cost of doing business. But more and more companies are investing time and effort in making better hiring decisions and doing more to keep the employees they do hire. Employee retention is now a buzz word in today’s business world.

Business Process Improvement

Success begins with a plan and goal setting. Take your life and business to new realms with three steps.

Leadership - Motivation Magic

Everybody talks about motivation, but hardly anybody tells you how to do it. Here are some things you can do to get the results you want from the people who work for you.

Write A Job Description That Works For Your Employees

The majority of job descriptions are written today for a computer system. Many are written without any purpose at all. Very few are written with the employee and their supervisor in mind. At the most basic level, job descriptions for employees need do only two things.

Safety in the Workplace - It is Everybody's Concern

While safety is a high priority in manufacturing and industrial companies, office safety is also a serious issue that needs the same attention. Accidents and injuries can happen everywhere and the resulting pain and trauma it causes are the same, whether it occurs in a factory or an office. Adequate safety planning needs every employer's attention.

Distribution is the Key

Disribution is an integral part of any business. This article explains why a distibution business makes good sense

Leadership and the Harry Potter Syndrome

Most companies use the Harry Potter Syndrome for leadership development. This methodology creates undue stresses on the organization leading to losses in productivity, employee loyalty and bottom line results.

Arcades for Restaurants and Hotels

Just about any hospitality business has a few coin-op machines lying around. These are not gambling devices I'm talking about (which is a whole other story), but electronic gaming devices, commonly known as video games. While their inclusion isn't the main feature of your venue, you'll notice a few of them lurking in some corner of nearly every kind of hospitality business.

Get Your Restaurant Business To Give Great Hospitality Service

Your restaurant can be in only so good a location, and your food can only be so good. But is there any limit to how great your service can be? This is the people factor, and it will set you apart from the rest of the pack like no other.

Global Acquisitions - The Unsuccessful Factor

When a global company tries to grow in size, only organic growth is not sufficient to help it reach scale. It has to take the path of inorganic growth also to keep ahead of competition. This article will elaborate on the critical factors of growth and why corporations fail to pull out successful acquisitions.

Bring Out the Positive - The Power of Employee Recognition

Spontaneous and informal employee recognition when carried out by immediate supervisors is the best way to recognise good employee behaviour. The rewards need not necessarily always financial. You can reward employees through a number of inexpensive non-financial rewards.

Understanding Configuration Management According to Its Purpose

Configuration Management and its Many Uses.