employee recognition Archives

How to Incentivize Your Lean Startup Team

Incentivize Startup Employees and Build a Dream Team Entrepreneurs create startups for a reason: They don’t want to be stuck in a cubicle performing the same mundane tasks every day like cogs in a bigger...

byStephen Kurtz

July 30, 2015

Bad Bosses: What Do Employees Say About You

Are you listening to what your employees are saying about you? Being aware of what your employees think of you and the force you have on their behaviour is a powerful form of insight. As...

byDawn Ellis

November 10, 2014

Expressing Gratitude

Thanking people works wonders for business because it expresses one of our most basic emotions: gratitude. When someone does something nice for you, they expect gratitude — and think less of you for withholding it....

byMelissa Fisher

October 19, 2014

Four Steps to Positive Employee Recognition

Employee pride doesn't start with a formal employee recognition program, it starts with you. Here are 4 easy steps to begin to improve your skills. Make a list of all the important groups of people in...

byMelissa Fisher

October 18, 2014

How Do You Know?

In response to my post on Delusional People Nikole asked: "I now have employees, who are representatives of my name, working for me. And how do I know they are going to do the best...

byAndrew Field

February 22, 2007

Delusions

I've recently had to deal with some delusional employees. In all three cases, they thought that they were top performers, worth double or more their current compensation. This, even though two of the three had...

byAndrew Field

February 17, 2007