8/5/12

Employee Efficiency and Growth

Dear Gman;Would you kind enough to give me some tips on motivating my employees? I feel like most of my employees are just marking time and the next thing I know we are in a time crunch for a project. We are a manufacturing and service organization and this problem includes office, customer service and sales people. Wesley K., Hannibal, MO
Without visiting your business and observing your people it is a bit deceiving what is transpiring. However on the surface it sounds like they have a lack of focus which will destroy any chance you have at developing good time management skills for all.

Recently a friend of mine shared an idea with me and in part, allow me to put my spin on it and share some insights with you as well. At your next company meeting or through a company wide Email offer your employees this scenario:

Imagine arriving at work and you find that your workstation office is covered with $100 bills from the floor to the ceiling. As you find your way to your desk, on the loud speaker you hear the President announce, "Between the Hours of 9:00 AM and 11:30 AM and 1:30 and 4:00 PM today, you can keep all of the $100 bills that you can gather up – no strings attached!"

Ask yourself the following questions:

Would you REALLY wait until 9:00 AM to start?

Would you REALLY go to lunch?

Would you REALLY take personal phone calls?

Would you REALLY send or read personal Emails?

Would you REALLY go onto social Internet sites?

Would you even go to the bathroom or take a break?

You probably answered "NO" to most of those questions, because you would be extremely focused on gathering and keeping as many $100 bills as you could.

HERE IS THE REALITY THAT YOU MUST CONVEY TO YOUR EMPLOYEES:

Those $100 bills are in your office right now. In order to grow YOU as an employee or US as a company, harvesting those $100 bills is critically important to OUR MUTUAL success!

You have many people on both sides of the sales process and our co-workers can also be a distraction. And don’t forget that we often distract ourselves when our attention switches from work to family, friends, vacations etc.

Often family members and friends don’t realize they are taking money out of your pocket when they distract you during business hours. It is important to limit those distractions by just letting people know they should call you before work, during lunch or at the end of the day.

They take money from YOUR pocket because if your company doesn’t grow, you just might not get a paycheck next Friday. If you limit the distractions, you will earn more money long term and you will have more time.

WITHIN THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART(S), ALL MUST TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR ACTIONS, ACTIVITIES, GOALS, TASKS, MISTAKES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS!

IF YOU TAKE MY SUGGESTION THIS WEEK, I’D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THE RESULTS.
There are several ways to help people BETTER manage their time, become more organized, and learn to grow themselves while growing their organizations and take ownership of their jobs.

All of these are elements to improve your revenue and Employee Retention.

If you need more information, just contact me,
George@ClientGrowthConsultants.com. .

Find a way to make a difference this week in your life and of the people around you.

Regards,

George F. Mancuso, CPC, CEO

Client Growth Consultants, Inc.