Business morale

The list of ways to kill morale is longer than the list of morale builders. It is far easier to kill than to build morale.

Nothing diminishes productivity as much as diminishing morale.

Nothing raises productivity as quickly and as cheaply as boosting morale.

It's that simple.

How? How does one build morale? Well, that depends a lot on how deeply morale has sunk. But if caught in time, a simple "good job" will do wonders. Even if ...
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Businesses have cut and budgets are still tight. Yes, there are some green shoots beginning to appear so things will probably get better but not at a fast pace.

The talent, those who make it all possible have borne the majority of the stress from this recession. They feel it most as they take pay cuts, furloughs and reduced benefits. They see friends and relatives lose jobs and it reminds them of how close to ...
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Want to keep your best talent? Little things make a big difference.

I often hear from managers and CEOs about how hard it is to find and keep good people. "Nobody wants to work these days." I don't believe that's true and I don't believe it takes a lot of money to attract and retain good people.

Let's address finding good people in the next post. First, I'd like to discuss keeping the good people you already ...
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If you've cut staff, support the people you've kept.

Start with assurance. Tell them if everyone works together, business will improve. Tell them this is a problem with the economy, not with them. This might seem obvious, but many employers will tell remaining people that if things don't improve, more cuts will come. Never, ever say that----even if that is in the back of your mind. People tend to anticipate the worst scenario. If you ...
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