Every season, we hear sports professionals state with supreme confidence that they will be the champions by the end of their respective seasons. Of course, there can be only one champion at any season’s end. Pundits will forever analyze and evaluate what produced the winning team. For the most part, they will assume it is the combination of savvy owners, smart managers, tough coaches, and the best players. In reality, it is the confidence the executives engender in their team’s ability to win that makes the difference and motivates everyone within the organization to rise to the top. [Read more…]
EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION / BAD BOSS
Would You Work for YOU? + Dealing With a Bad Boss
Even in today’s economy, the cost of employee turnover is high. Consider the expended time and money in recruiting, advertising, and training, and the lost productivity, increased stress and low morale that comes with turnover. Triple all of this if a person has been a valuable asset to your company. You simply can’t afford to lose a high contributor. The following is an excerpt from the manual, Hiring and Retaining Quality Employees: [Read more…]
Bad Boss Characteristics: Dealing with a Bad Boss
Zero Tolerance for Bad Bosses
The bad boss. We’ve all had at least one. Hopefully, not more than one and, still more hopefully, we haven’t ever been one ourselves. Chances are, if you’ve had a bad boss somewhere along the line in your career, you’ve moved on to another job. Today, that is definitely not easy to do. Nevertheless, studies show repeatedly that one of the main reasons for job dissatisfaction is working for a bad boss. [Read more…]