Thursday, April 15, 2004
Today I did my send and recieve and got 39 new emails. Guess what, all but three were complete span / junk.
I wrote a response to a friend and then saw a good article in the Early To Rise email subscription. Here it is:
What NOT to Do if You Want Your Business to Grow
"Create a work culture that values efficiency. Don't glorify those who work 24/7."
That very questionable advice comes from The Organized Executive, a newsletter that is normally full of sound and often very good ideas.
As an example, the newsletter tells about Robert Green, CEO for Ipswich Inc., who refuses to praise employees who come in early, work late, or take work home.
Well, I don't know enough about Ipswich to tell you how Green's policy is going to screw things up. But I do know this: It's impossible to grow a company without either sacrificing quality (and that will do its damage before long) or working the hell out of your good employees.
I'm all for making work enjoyable. In fact, I believe that most of life's fun comes from working hard at something you value. But when you treat work like something nobody really wants to do, you send a very bad message -- that you, yourself, don't like to work hard.
If you want your business to grow, your products to improve, your sales to increase, and your customers to be happy, this is the way to do it:
-Focus on goals and objectives, not time.
-Reward employees for accomplishments, not just actions.
-When employees find it necessary to work extra hours, thank them for doing it.
-When you encounter employees who think the way Mr. Green does, shape them up . . . fast. (See Message #1100, "How to Deal With Poor Performers: The 30-Day Solution".)
-When you encounter employees who are near burnout because they can't delegate properly, force them to take some time off. (James Barksdale of Netscape, for example, makes his overworked employees take an office "escape day" once a month.)
Not bad is it!!
Subscribe yourself by looking at this link.
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I wrote a response to a friend and then saw a good article in the Early To Rise email subscription. Here it is:
What NOT to Do if You Want Your Business to Grow
"Create a work culture that values efficiency. Don't glorify those who work 24/7."
That very questionable advice comes from The Organized Executive, a newsletter that is normally full of sound and often very good ideas.
As an example, the newsletter tells about Robert Green, CEO for Ipswich Inc., who refuses to praise employees who come in early, work late, or take work home.
Well, I don't know enough about Ipswich to tell you how Green's policy is going to screw things up. But I do know this: It's impossible to grow a company without either sacrificing quality (and that will do its damage before long) or working the hell out of your good employees.
I'm all for making work enjoyable. In fact, I believe that most of life's fun comes from working hard at something you value. But when you treat work like something nobody really wants to do, you send a very bad message -- that you, yourself, don't like to work hard.
If you want your business to grow, your products to improve, your sales to increase, and your customers to be happy, this is the way to do it:
-Focus on goals and objectives, not time.
-Reward employees for accomplishments, not just actions.
-When employees find it necessary to work extra hours, thank them for doing it.
-When you encounter employees who think the way Mr. Green does, shape them up . . . fast. (See Message #1100, "How to Deal With Poor Performers: The 30-Day Solution".)
-When you encounter employees who are near burnout because they can't delegate properly, force them to take some time off. (James Barksdale of Netscape, for example, makes his overworked employees take an office "escape day" once a month.)
Not bad is it!!
Subscribe yourself by looking at this link.
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