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Hub You - From Stale to Fresh: 5 Simple Ways to Invigorate Your Team
For many companies, training can drop off the agenda for a variety of reasons. The company may be going through a period of growth, with tight deadlines to be met. The challenges of the market place may squeeze resources for training. This begs two questions: firstly, when planning financial forecasts, is staff training considered a priority; and secondly when budgets are squeezed how can a company maximise its financial investment in training?During periods of growth and high demand there are new challenges to be met, with customers demanding a high quality relationship with any service or product provider. Manage
Lacking
Enthusiasm
What’s really happening here is an imbalance in their skills to attitude ratio. So what happens when these two important factors are not in harmony?
“Green” When most people start a new job (even if they have prior experience elsewhere) they have lots of enthusiasm but lack the skills to do the job.
“Keen” As they develop
Congratulations! Your company or organization has chosen to use printed mugs as a promotional item to bring attention and clients on board. Now that this important decision has been made, it is important to learn how to use printed mugs effectively to achieve your business goals. There are several factors that you will have to consider to make sure that printed mugs will positively impact your bottom line. These factors include effectively building your target audience, effectively designing your mugs, and effectively using a marketing plan to support your printed mugs.First, you’ll need to determine your target aud
It used to be that the biggest staffing problem organisations had to deal with was high turnover. Today, the real issue is engagement . . . finding a way to get staff to do more than just turn up to work physically. It’s about finding ways to engage them mentally and emotionally. It’s finding a way to take a stale attitude and freshen it up.
For some organisations lack of engagement is an ongoing issue, perhaps due to the nature of the work people are employed to do. For others it is more circumstantial, such as staff coping with busy periods, adapting to change or even just getting out of a rut. Even organisations with highly motivated staff can find they still benefit from the occasional boost to their motivation levels.
Whatever the cause the result is the same: lack of engagement is a real issue with real costs attached. A survey of 50,000 employees by the Corporate Leadership Council in 2004 found that only 11% said they were fully engaged at work, 76% knew they could demonstrate more commitment and 13% described themselves as actively disengaged. Imagine if you could increase the productivity of 89% of your people, simply by finding a way to engage them.
What happens when people aren’t engaged
We’ve all experienced the disengaged worker at some point. They’re the person doing the minimum, blaming others for mistakes and generally creating a negative environment around them. In other words, they are S.T.A.L.E.:
Stressed,
Tired
and
Lacking
Enthusiasm
What’s really happening here is an imbalance in their skills to attitude ratio. So what happens when these two important factors are not in harmony?
“Green” When most people start a new job (even if they have prior experience elsewhere) they have lots of enthusiasm but lack the skills to do the job.
“Keen” As they develop
Use Proposal Marketing and you’ll be your own hot spot, opening gateways previously inaccessible. Hook up with those who have the power to hire you. Present a history or even an achievement-driven resume and your coverage is limited. Send a proposal to employer prospects and you’ll gain more scalability to customize a solution to their business challenges. Sync with decision makers’ needs and high-speed your career campaign.Job Search scalability reduces emotional cost and physical effort. Employers are sick and tired are hearing the same old tune of “Hire me,” “Hire me,” “Hire me.” A non-personalized vani
For some organisations lack of engagement is an ongoing issue, perhaps due to the nature of the work people are employed to do. For others it is more circumstantial, such as staff coping with busy periods, adapting to change or even just getting out of a rut. Even organisations with highly motivated staff can find they still benefit from the occasional boost to their motivation levels.
Whatever the cause the result is the same: lack of engagement is a real issue with real costs attached. A survey of 50,000 employees by the Corporate Leadership Council in 2004 found that only 11% said they were fully engaged at work, 76% knew they could demonstrate more commitment and 13% described themselves as actively disengaged. Imagine if you could increase the productivity of 89% of your people, simply by finding a way to engage them.
What happens when people aren’t engaged
We’ve all experienced the disengaged worker at some point. They’re the person doing the minimum, blaming others for mistakes and generally creating a negative environment around them. In other words, they are S.T.A.L.E.:
Stressed,
Tired
and
Lacking
Enthusiasm
What’s really happening here is an imbalance in their skills to attitude ratio. So what happens when these two important factors are not in harmony?
“Green” When most people start a new job (even if they have prior experience elsewhere) they have lots of enthusiasm but lack the skills to do the job.
“Keen” As they develop
When people discover my background in advertising, the questions flow. One of the most frequent questions is "Should I advertise on TV?"I can't answer that questions until I ask a number of questions first.Do you have an advertising plan?Are you working on a firm budget?What are you trying to accomplish with your advertising?Where are you spending your money now?Usually by the 4th question the happy face is one of disappointment.Contractors don't build a building without a plan, and you shouldn't advertise without a plan. The first action is to determine what your adverti
Whatever the cause the result is the same: lack of engagement is a real issue with real costs attached. A survey of 50,000 employees by the Corporate Leadership Council in 2004 found that only 11% said they were fully engaged at work, 76% knew they could demonstrate more commitment and 13% described themselves as actively disengaged. Imagine if you could increase the productivity of 89% of your people, simply by finding a way to engage them.
What happens when people aren’t engaged
We’ve all experienced the disengaged worker at some point. They’re the person doing the minimum, blaming others for mistakes and generally creating a negative environment around them. In other words, they are S.T.A.L.E.:
Stressed,
Tired
and
Lacking
Enthusiasm
What’s really happening here is an imbalance in their skills to attitude ratio. So what happens when these two important factors are not in harmony?
“Green” When most people start a new job (even if they have prior experience elsewhere) they have lots of enthusiasm but lack the skills to do the job.
“Keen” As they develop
A lingering sub-clinical level of depression is common for the unemployed, especially when the time period out of work is prolonged. Worry, frustration and guilt take a toll on all of us: they sap our energy and our enthusiasm, and eventually make us sick.Confirm to yourself that you are taking all the right actions to obtain employment. Then squeeze in some extra time to take care of yourself.Try to fit in a short but regular exercise break each day to improve your mental outlook. Use an evening walk with your significant other as a stress reliever and also a chance to process your daily activities and frustrati
What happens when people aren’t engaged
We’ve all experienced the disengaged worker at some point. They’re the person doing the minimum, blaming others for mistakes and generally creating a negative environment around them. In other words, they are S.T.A.L.E.:
Stressed,
Tired
and
Lacking
Enthusiasm
What’s really happening here is an imbalance in their skills to attitude ratio. So what happens when these two important factors are not in harmony?
“Green” When most people start a new job (even if they have prior experience elsewhere) they have lots of enthusiasm but lack the skills to do the job.
“Keen” As they develop
Did you know that credit difficulties can stop you dead in your tracks and keep you from being hired? Credit problems will stress you to the max, strain your personal relationships, crush your morale and possibly paralyze you from taking necessary actions in your job search. If that isn't bad enough, it can also stop you from being hired!Here's the reason why: Remember when you signed on the dotted line of the job application? Somewhere in fine print there was a line that gave the employer the right to run a credit check. A bad credit rating has the effect of ending your candidacy for a job with all too many companies
Lacking
Enthusiasm
What’s really happening here is an imbalance in their skills to attitude ratio. So what happens when these two important factors are not in harmony?
“Green” When most people start a new job (even if they have prior experience elsewhere) they have lots of enthusiasm but lack the skills to do the job.
“Keen” As they develop their skills they move towards the ideal combination of ability and enthusiasm . . . I like my job and I know how to do it.
“Mean” They still have the skills to do the job but not the enthusiasm for it. This could be a temporary situation or something more permanent.
“Has Been” Spend too long in “Mean” and risk entering the final phase when not only is their enthusiasm long gone, but now their skills have slipped due to a lack of interest in staying up to date.
Imagine if all your team were Keen
Isn’t that be every manager’s dream . . . a team of people who all enjoy their job and know how to do it. Imagine the impact it would have on turnover and sick leave, which would lead to lower error rates, greater customer satisfaction and higher sales figures. The end result would be a dramatic increase to the bottom line results of your organisation.
Imagine also the impact it would have on your role as a manager. It would free up your time from dealing with staffing issues and allow you to work on some truly exciting and innovative projects. The question is how do you achieve it?
Keeping them Keen
Boosting the performance of your team is achievable when you give people a common framework for understanding the attitude factors that lead to success. The F.R.E.S.H. approach formula can help you do that. It is a simple, 5 step process that can be applied to any organisation and adapted to suit the needs of staff and managers alike.
The F.R.E.S.H. approach is all about:
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