Tag Archive for: team alignment

Increase Staff Voltage and You’ll Increase Your Bottom Line

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Happy People = Happy Profits. When your people are happy, when they enjoy coming to work every day, when they believe in what they’re doing, when they feel they’re recognized for the value they bring, your company will be more profitable. So,…

Create Dynamic Dialogue, Decrease Conflict in the Workplace

Conflict. Confrontation. Most of us hate it. We avoid it. We simply hope it goes away. The negative effects of unresolved conflicts include: Decrease in productivity Lack of focus on company objectives Loss of respect for leadership …

Create Values So Employees Can Envision the Right Attitude

Don’t go halfway in branding your company’s operating style. Do you have a defined vision? Check. How about a mission statement? Check that box too.   But if you haven’t given your employees a way to translate these high-level ideals…

Tap Into the Intelligence of Your Organization

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Business owners and leaders often assume they know how their employees think, how they feel, what they know, and what they don’t know. They assume the best, when in reality it’s been reported that 70% of employees are either disengaged (very…

Creating a Dialogue to Improve Performance

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Why is there often a disconnect between a boss and an employee?  It can start with the employee’s first day on the job. They’re fresh, excited, and eager to impress. The manager is congratulating themself on a great hire and they’re…

Staff Morale and Voltage Challenges

Nothing disrupts performance, productivity and profitability quicker than poor staff morale. In fact, according to a recent poll by Gallup Inc., on average, “17% of U.S. workers have been actively disengaged over the 18 years of tracking.…

Employee Turnover

Managing employees is hard. It requires leader’s time and effort, people-focused systems in place, clear expectations and much more. When a company loses exceptional talent it can have a negative impact on morale, productivity, and the bottom…

Hiring Quality Staff

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Research showed that the cost of hiring the wrong person can be as much as three times his or her annual compensation, if not more. This is why taking the time to hire correctly is an investment in the future success of the company. Clearly…

Leadership & Staff Communication Gap

During a rapid growth of a small company, the family atmosphere that everybody was used to begins to fade away. There are new systems, expectations and profit goals in place to keep this much more complex organization going. Some employees find…

The Need to Have Better Staff Buy-In

When a company is just getting started or is ramping up for growth, there is a huge amount of enthusiasm. Many processes are not in place yet and the people on the team are energized by the CEO's vision of the product or service. Everyone simply…