I read a lot of pieces on LinkedIn about people's employers, regional and national managers, jobs, work atmospheres, perks and salaries.
Having owned a business of my own I can make certain comments and thought to make that clear before I get into it. During my time as a business owner I employed 11 staff members during the course of 4 and a half years and can always say with great pride that my staff were always happy and always properly paid, never minimum wage.
Things I have read a lot and has experienced as an employee myself is how things like greed, favoritism & just basic lack of respect in some cases get many employees financially abused which in turn makes these people mentally and emotionally abused as well. No, I do not promote snowflake disease, but refer to simple things such as,
Not sticking to agreements - you made an agreement, have some self respect, respect for the other and lead by example, honor the bloody agreement
Overworking - it's all good putting demands on ones staff, but remember that tired and overworked staff will become moody and their work quality will suffer and if you're doing the pushing and the shit hits the fan, that's on you
Do you know your staff, all your staff up to the regional and national managers, do you pay attention to their personality traits and do you pay attention to how they interact with each other? - what am I saying here? Do you know all their strengths, do you know whether they are being treated properly by your senior managers, are your senior managers on the up n up, are they hiding the potential of other staff from you and taking credit for their work?
Looking what I said above, are you paying these people according to what they are worth? Remembering that if you don't know them you're probably not. Problem that links into this one is favoritism, senior managers that promote based on personal bias instead of actual professional worth, that crap could ruin your business. Stunting people's potential and by this I refer to senior staff that don't allow slightly less senior staff do their work, you're also ruining someone else's business. If you have staff with potential, rather get them some training and cut them loose, now you're thinking about the business. Many people in positions of power get so caught up in playing silly little political checkers and chess that they lose sight of how they are harming a business that is also feeding their own children. Should people with that little regard for a company really be leading it? Hmmm
There are many scenarios at play in companies every day and very often the people that could be the ones taking those to new heights are the ones on the receiving end of disrespect and financial abuse. Fact is, if you overwork, underpay and disrespect your staff at any level, don't ask for their best, trust, loyalty or respect, you don't deserve it.
Kind, fair, encouraging, promoting and properly remunerating will get you the team that will take your business to new heights.
Improvise Adapt & Overcome
Could an employer making an employee listen to Dolly Parton be abuse? I think yes. :)
Good piece mate. Employees are the most valuable asset an employer has as they can make or break the business. If only more employers realized it.
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So do I mate. I'm not in a good place at the moment professionally, mentally. I feel like I've let myself down, like I haven't chased life hard enough and that as per your piece I just read, I've wasted much time, without actually wanting to do so. Hahahahaha, I love some of Dolly's stuff
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The great thing is you have recognized room for improvement and seem to know the way forward. Ownership, responsibility and discipline is the way mate and once you identify the areas to work on it’s a little easier to apply these things. You’ve wasted time? So have we all. There’s more ahead of you though, so get cracking on it and make the difference. :)
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Well said mate. Cracking is the thing at the moment and the more I look at where our country is heading the more I think that direction is elsewhere so the job hunt has begun. Keep an eye out in your part of the world if you don't mind. Forward and upward is the only way. Hope you've had a good day so far?
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Well put, I agree with you and unfortunately this is all too common. It’s almost like the mentality of the business owner in question hasn’t evolved enough to see the big picture. It is a sure fire way to retain poor quality staff and lose the ones that hold it together, ultimately the whole business suffers and that effect ripples through the entire community.
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Exactly stuff's. How do you train the employers to see these facts and issues is the thing. So many companies that could do so much better if the top dogs would just open their eyes.
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It sounds like you have all the right concepts for keeping and developing a productive, satisfied staff, Pete. If you are lucky enough to get good, well-intentioned employees who want to grow from their own work, your chances of success seem pretty high.
I worked for a large firm once, and opened a new branch outlet in Florida. In the first six months, I had a 120% turnover in a staff of 23 because the work required them to pay attention to details and that was too much work for them. All turned out well but it convinced me that the main cause of success is having good people who to make success happen.
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