David Summerton Business Consulting
What Staff Want From Their Managers The working relationships that are effective, productive and above all else satisfying and motivating for all concerned depend on a number of common principles that operate regardless of the type of organisation that you find yourself in. Try looking at what you do to see if this correlates with …
5 Leadership Actions That Improve Productivity All good leaders and managers have one driving force in common – the need to improve productivity and to therefore make a very positive, and regular, contribution to the bottom line. A sharp and early focus upon securing long-term, sustainable benefits is a key driver, linking to the leader …
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Increasing Staff Motivation And Performance Made Easy In all organisations, the pressure is on to get the most return from all available resources, which inevitably means maximising the effort and contribution of staff. Traditionally management theory focused unhealthily upon using financial reward as a key means by which to increase effort, application to the task …
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How To Manage Early Morning and Late Afternoon Staff There has never been a standard workplace in terms of staff who work productively all day long: we all have our own behaviour patterns that lean either towards having productive mornings and less productive afternoons (Morning people) and vice versa (Afternoon people). We all have our …
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How To Write Effective Management Objectives Actually identifying what your objectives are is not actually as easy as it sounds! Getting this right, however, is an integral part of both individual and organisational performance and is measured via the dreaded Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Key criteria can include Customer Satisfaction relating to response times and …
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