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Hub You - Rebuilding Loyalty
Managers face the difficult task of giving advice and criticism. Both of these tasks threaten to damage professional relationships if not handled properly. While giving critical feedback is a necessary evil, there are those who, as one philosopher said, “find fault as if it were buried treasure.” Using the appropriate words, watching the order and placement of your language as well as increasing your own self-awareness will help you strike a balance in your leadership. Here are five tips for tact:Criticize in privateDon’t criticize in public or in front of anyone other than the person you are addressing. This sounds simple enough, but private means no one else but you and the person you are critiquing. I once heard someone say to another person, “There are several broken links on your web page.” The problem was that they said this in front of three of this person’s business associates. While it wasn’t in front of a crowd it was still embarrassing for everyone at the table. There are instances where it’s important to give immediate feedback. For example at a company awards banquet several years ago I noticed an associate with a price tag hanging from her new sweater. I passed her a handwritten note telling her I would meet her in the restroom to cut the tag.Use Evaluation LanguageIf you are challenged and need some coaching a good idea is to join Toastmasters. As you learn how to critique by using ‘evaluation language’ you become skilled at how to ‘take evaluation’ as well. Some examples of evaluation language is:•“The report just needs a little tweaking…”•“Here are some opportunitie
When seeking for a job, it is important that you are ready when you face your future employer. The most challenging part is the interview. To prepare for this, you can practice how to answer interview questions. Most interviewers have similar sets of questions. So being prepared will make the battle a lot easier. Below are some guides on how to answer interview questions.Describe yourself.A classic question often asked at the beginning of the interview. Make sure that you are comfortable when talking about yourself to start a pleasant conversation with the interviewer. Introduce yourself, your values, experience, achievements, qualifications, etc. Keep your answers in line with your career.What are your strengths?This is an easy question and you have to give them your best skills and traits. Skills are the once you have acquired from school and work which such as college degree, masterals, trainings, seminars, computer skills, typing skills, languages etc. While traits are unique character such as hard working, goal-oriented, punctual, flexible, etc. Through this question, your interviewer will have information as to what may be your future contribution to the company if they will hire you.What are your weaknesses?This is one of the toughest questions. We all know that everyone has a weakness but we cannot admit it during the interview. You may site only one trait skill or trait so that you will not take much time on this question. Ensure that it is a trait or skill that you can change. Then, explain to the interviewer on how you plan to overcome your weakness.What do you know about our
- Bryce's Law
INTRODUCTION
There is a general consensus today that there is a complete breakdown in corporate loyalty, that employees no longer maintain allegiances to their companies or their bosses. Years ago people joined companies usually for life. Workers figured if they worked hard enough and kept their noses clean, the company would take care of them. This is no longer the case. Due to the corporate changes implemented over the last twenty five years to remain competitive in a world economy, workers now typically live in a state of paranoia and think short-term employment as opposed to long-term, thus affecting their perspective on loyalty.
As some very visible examples of this, consider the dismantling of the studio system in Hollywood and the farm system in Major League Baseball. Instead of being groomed and nurtured from within the system, employees have been forced to become free-agents. Obviously, this encourages individualism as opposed to teamwork. I chuckle when I hear an executive
Rational Choice Theory is possibly one of the best recognized methodological approaches to the rationalization of individual accomplishment. In this article I am going to study Rational Choice Theory and discuss particular areas of disadvantages in this theory, where its instructive powers debatably collapse and expand on the theory's definition. Individuals are a component of investigation at which to study the public, but it should be remembered that humanity is not simply made up of a great amount of persons, but contains groups and organizations and so any common sociological presumption should be able to give details on how such social structures come up into life form and how they are maintained. I am going to attempt to estimate rational choice theory, finishing that it must not withdraw to the prosaic argue that community have reasons for what they do'.Rational choice theory is based on the idea that individuals act for a particular purpose, that is to maximize their utility. In its simplest form rational choice theory states that given a number of options people do what they believe is likely to have the best overall outcome. This concern with outcome is same as Weber's concept of 'zweckrational' action, where an individual performs the action which is most likely to further the individual's pursuit of a particular goal.Rational choices involve three distinct processes. To illustrate this point I shall use the example of an individual looking for a job. Firstly the individual must collect an optimal amount of information before taking the decision. This would involve visiting the local job centre and looking in
As some very visible examples of this, consider the dismantling of the studio system in Hollywood and the farm system in Major League Baseball. Instead of being groomed and nurtured from within the system, employees have been forced to become free-agents. Obviously, this encourages individualism as opposed to teamwork. I chuckle when I hear an executiv
If you are working on a restaurant business plan, and the sales just don't seem to be adding up to what you hoped, here are some suggestions on ways you can dramatically increase the revenue you are pulling in to the business that are mostly simple to do and don’t increase your fixed costs while adding nicely to your bottom line.Add cateringSimply by adding some signage and doing a little promotion, you can add hundreds of dollars a day or more to your sales by offering to do catering. This can include everything from simple set menus delivered to an office around the corner to a complete dinner course served to a hundred person wedding.Add pickup ordersEncouraging people to call ahead and place orders for pickup is a terrific way to add capacity without expanding the dining room or making people wait hours for a table. Although this is usually associated with fast food, more and more restaurants are offering it as an option, and finding it to be a successful strategy at all price levels.Add retail itemsGet your customers to pay to advertise for your restaurant! Put your logo and name on t-shirts, hats mugs and more and sell them to your admiring customers. Encourage them to wear the items by offering a discount on their order whenever they come in wearing your gear.Add more daysIf you are only open five or six days a week, you are missing out. Sure, you want a day off, but if you haven’t set the business up to run without you then you are already doing something wrong. You still have to pay rent and utilities on days you are closed, so you might as we
As some very visible examples of this, consider the dismantling of the studio system in Hollywood and the farm system in Major League Baseball. Instead of being groomed and nurtured from within the system, employees have been forced to become free-agents. Obviously, this encourages individualism as opposed to teamwork. I chuckle when I hear an executiv
Should you decide to buy an existing business, several factors enter into consideration of how to finance it. Let us discuss the most important of these factors.The amount of capital required.Nearly all sales of small businesses are, strictly speaking, merely sales of the assets of the business. The buyer does not want to purchase "the business" because that would include liabilities, including unpaid taxes, exposure to law suits under the prior ownership, etc. This is not to say, however, that the amount agreed upon is all the buyer needs.Buyers commonly underestimate the amount of capital required to purchase a business. Capital must be available not only to pay the purchase price but also for:• funds to operate until the business is generating cash,• funds to meet unexpected expenses, and• funds as a reserve to allow for errors in expectations.A buyer must think beyond the purchase price to determine the amount of capital needed. Here are some questions that must be asked:Do I have enough capital to pay the purchase price?Do I have enough capital to support 1 to 3 months' operations--such as payroll and other cash expenses--while the business reaches a self-supporting stage?Do I have some extra capital to cover needs I may have overlooked (perhaps 10 to 15 percent of the purchase price?The type of capital required.The buyer must decide how much of the selling price will be covered by equity capital, i.e. investment in the business by the owner or owners, and debt capital, borrowing that must be repaid.If a combination is to be used, the equit
As some very visible examples of this, consider the dismantling of the studio system in Hollywood and the farm system in Major League Baseball. Instead of being groomed and nurtured from within the system, employees have been forced to become free-agents. Obviously, this encourages individualism as opposed to teamwork. I chuckle when I hear an executiv
In the Music Biz, marketing makes the difference between artist and musicians succeeding or failing.There are a few marketing key terms that you should know to be able to market your music successfully. This article deals with the first and most important marketing technique - branding.Branding involves creating symbols that potential fans or "target's" will associate with you or your product. Those symbols when combined and attributed to your brand are then known as your brands identity.Branding is reflected in everything you do or say as an artist or musician.The pictures you take, Your autograph signatures, your name, logo, interviews, cover art and anything audible or visual should all be taken into consideration when developing your brand identity.If your music brand is still young (under five years), be careful of everything you do or say.Remember the Dixie Chicks? The Dixie Chicks were on top of the world until the day Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Mains made disparaging remarks about George W. Bush while overseas. With those remarks about George W. Bush, the Dixie Chicks branded themselves as "unpatriotic". Hundreds of radio stations immediately yanked the Dixie Chicks music off the air. Be warned, watch what you do or say very carefully.Back in the day, artists had publicists who would coach them as to what to say or do. Of course this often made the artist's feel like puppets, but this practice usually kept the artists brand integrity intact. If you are a artist or musician be calculated about every thing you say or do. If someone hits you with a qu
Let's understand this from the outset, loyalty represents trust. It means a person is confident that something will behave predictably, positively, and to their benefit. As a result, they will willingly pledge their allegiance to it. If it doesn't behave in this manner, loyalty will be shattered.
There are three types of loyalty we commonly come in contact with: Product, Institutional, and Person:
PRODUCT LOYALTY
I'm sure we all know someone who has allegiances to products. For example, I have a friend whose family has been buying Buick automobiles literally for generations. Even though the body styles have changed over the years, they have found it to be a trustworthy product and have remained loyal customers f
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