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Become personally involved in supporting your employees' training. To improve productivity, take these actions to help employees go from information absorption all the way to implementing improved on-the-job performance.
Did you know that how you show appreciation for a job well done is crucial? Well-intending but not well-executed gestures of gratitude can backfire and actually demotivate future performance. Here's sound advice on making your recognition count.
Empowerment is one of those concepts that certainly sounds great. Most everyone is ready to quickly swear allegiance to it. And it might actually brighten productivity -- if only the fog around the idea weren't quite so dense.
Leaders should most certainly affirm, encourage, and celebrate. But true leadership is not the product of incessant cheerleading. Real leadership is decidedly not about winning a popularity contest.
If you are reviewing your employee’s past performance basically to adjust (or justify) pay rates, you are missing a huge opportunity to improve productivity.
