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How to Create an Exceptional Company and Motivate Your Staff. Phillip Rosebrook Business Mentors. Company Culture. Where to Start?. Right people Right system Give tools to succeed Provide feedback. Hiring. Proper screening process Good advertising Selection and interviews
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How to Create an Exceptional Company and Motivate Your Staff Phillip Rosebrook Business Mentors Business Mentors
Company Culture Business Mentors
Where to Start? • Right people • Right system • Give tools to succeed • Provide feedback Business Mentors
Hiring • Proper screening process • Good advertising • Selection and interviews • Always check references • Performance expectations • Job descriptions • Quantifiable benchmarks Business Mentors
Feedback • 30/60/90 Reviews • Annual performance appraisal • 360 Review • MBWA • Formalized process Business Mentors
Informal Feedback • Recognize worthwhile achievement • Praise publicly and often • Become a cheerleader • Criticize privately • Only criticize direct reports Business Mentors
Stars Business Mentors
Communication • Company Meetings • One of the most important team building opportunities • Overlooked element of organizational dynamics • Impacts customers and employees Business Mentors
Company Meetings • Company business • Vision • Safety training • Goal updates • Divisional reports • Upcoming activities Business Mentors
Meeting Agenda Cont… • New staff Introductions • Victories • Awards and celebrations • Upcoming activities Business Mentors
Events • Create social evnts • Involve families • Community service • Reward for goal achievement Business Mentors
Divisional Communication • Team involvement • Internal training • Project reviews and assessment • Divisional performance & challenges • Team building • Social opportunities • Lunch as a reward • Names, slogans, etc Business Mentors
Upward Mobility • Allow staff to see a future • Training opportunities • Invest in your people • Post openings • Explain steps to move up • Beware of Peter’s Principle Business Mentors
Compensation • Pay is important but not the most • Pay at least average but not too much • Provide incentives • Make measurements clear • Easy to understand • Update status often • Pay what you commit to Business Mentors
Community Involvement • Give staff an outlet for service • Allow staff a say in giving • Create a balance - not too much • Have a plan and budget each year Business Mentors
Staff Quality of Life Issues “You cannot be at work thinking about home and at home thinking about work.” Zig Ziglar • Financial education - Dave Ramsay • Insurance • Tuition reimbursement programs • Scholarship program • Counseling services Business Mentors
Leadership • Positive Passion • Smile and have fun • Admit your mistakes • Be humble • Be a good citizen • Be a person of virtue and company with values Business Mentors
What Kind of Boss Would You Want? Business Mentors
Benefits • Longevity and experience • New staff in tight labor markets • Free agents gravitate to winning teams • Better customer service • Ever ask a carpenter to clean a wall or extract at 2:00 AM? • Improved margins • Employees work FOR your success Business Mentors
Your Obligation as an Employer? • Your family • Employees families • Healthcare • Retirement • Children’s education • Citizen of your community Business Mentors
Results • Create a truly exceptional company • Create a legacy for your family, your employees and your community Business Mentors
Have the Staff Now What? • Have high expectations • Create a clear vision • Have solid goals • Define company culture • Have challenges • Short term victories Business Mentors
Success • Employees want to be a part of something bigger than their position • Link paycheck to purpose • The foundation of an exceptional company is strong leadership Business Mentors
Leadership • Trust • Communication • Focus on results not activities • Clear direction • Celebration and recognition Business Mentors
Exceptional Company • Industry shake out • Do you have a company or job? • What is your legacy • How will you spend your time and for what result? • Back to culture Business Mentors
Closing • Thank you for your attention Phillip Rosebrook, CR Business Mentors ELC Training www.BusinessMentors.net Phillip@businessmentors.net Business Mentors