How To Retain Talents When You Can’t Give Them A Raise

The only way to keep employees in a company by recognizing their needs and responding to them.

This is “Before-The-Fact-Recognition” and creates sustainable motivation that will last even through a financial crisis – as opposed to “After-The-Fact-Recognition” which consists mainly of rewards (for achievements) and only gives short boosts of motivation (as long as the rewards keep coming).

If you give people a chance to grow, to be involved, if you make them feel valuable by giving them a chance to make a difference (to the company, their colleagues, your clients, etc.), if you ask them for their opinion, so they feel respected and important and if you openly communicate your concerns and that you do recognize their needs – then you’re creating a relationship (a psychological and emotional bond) with your employees that they won’t break just because someone offers them more money.

This Is the Simple Key To Employee Engagement

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. [Albert Einstein] Employer Engagement and Line Manager Engagement lead to Employee Engagement. It’s a perfect example for a 200% relationship, where each party always gives 100% to support the other party – regardless if the other party is able to reciprocate at the same [...]

If You Get The Company Culture Right, The Rest Will Happen Automatically…

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos on core values, hiring practices, onboarding, customer service, company culture and why every line manager is advised to spend 10-20% with their team outside the office… Always a pleasure to listen to his philosophies, attitude and wisdom.

“People don’t quit a company; they quit a bad manager.”

Many people actually say cleaning the house is more enjoyable than sitting in the same room with their boss. These are excerpts from the spot-on article “How to Keep Your Workers Happy” on www.inc.com. Read the full article here.

What would be the consequences if one of your staff left your team tomorrow?

A friend of mine was recently offered a position in another department at her company. The vacancy needed to be filled quickly, so before her move could be approved, her manager was asked, “What would be the consequences for your department if Kathy left tomorrow?“ Her manager could not answer that question. My friend was [...]

You can lead a horse to the water…

You can make your employees do their job, but you can’t make them perform better.
The key is to make your employees want to perform better.

There are many I's in a team

Probably the most simple way to describe New People Management is this: There is no I in Team. These times are over. There are many I’s in a team. While a team still should have a common goal, the individual goals and needs of each team member have to be respected and considered. This generation [...]

People leave their managers, rather than their jobs

What’s a people manager’s job?

The impact kind managers have on the bottom line of their company

A recent survey of the American Management Association shows how your character as a manager affects employee productivity and retention. Read the full survey here: http://www.amanet.org/research/pdfs/leading-with-kindness-survey08.pdf Excerpts from The Performance Premium of Kindness from Amanet.org: According to the survey results, kind managers are associated with superior performance in a number of ways. “It’s the law [...]