Posted by Dragan Donkov on June 2, 2009
By Monica Nolan for www.HRResource.com
How does it feel to go to work?
This is the question your employees answer every day as they move through their duties. Their answer has a surprising impact on their performance. In general, when employees are happy about their work environment, they are more productive. Employees choose how much extra time and effort they will spend on work after fulfilling their minimum performance expectations. When companies foster engaging environments where workers feel connected to their work and co-workers, employees will put in more effort to produce outstanding work. As such, creating a feeling of community among workers is key to increasing employee engagement and productivity.
Fortunately, you won’t have to reinvent the wheel in order to create a sense of community. Humans’ social nature virtually guarantees that they will create community on their own, with or without encouragement from management. Think of your workplace as a garden; community will sprout up no matter what, but when management is involved, a workplace community can be pruned to be as productive as possible.
Consider these techniques for increasing community in the workplace.
1. Gather Input. As you consider how to build community among your employees, be sure to ask for their thoughts. You may choose to hold a meeting or distribute a questionnaire, but be sure to ask employees to consider what community means to them, and what kind of community they would like to see at work. Do they prefer to work in teams? Would they attend off-site events? How about a book group? Implementing your employees’ community-building ideas will increase buy-in and enthusiasm. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dragan Donkov on April 29, 2009
If you are a manager you need to keep your team in shape every day.Especially today ours were the uncertainty is higher and people are afraid for tomorrow. Few stress relief activities will help and the team members will receive small prize for their efforts.
How to keep them motivated with no cost and waste of time?
- Make a stand up meeting every morning were team embers will update each other on their progress and development, will share problems and will ask for solutions. This meeting should be short and people must stay stand for better mobilization and energizer. Keep everything simple; set a standard for the presentations – for example 2 min each. It gives a very good boost for the day.
- Introduce Office Olympics were funny competitions will relief the stress. Think about games that will suit every member of the team and try to make everyone involved. Few ideas here and here
- Office quizzes- include information about the team members, hobbies, funny situations.
- Build traditions in the team – Wednesday snack out or Friday burger in the office, or poker night once a month.
- Sometimes piece of paper and couple of markers can make miracles. Ask your team during meetings to draw their vision for the company and how to improve the working process.
- Be creative.
For more team building exercises see here
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Posted by Dragan Donkov on April 23, 2009
Working on an article I found very good blog of a professional from US who is writing about the role of the HR.
He is talking about the importance of good professionals that can lead the organisation during the though times.
Also very good advices about the HR people and how to increase their knowledge.
So How to Fight Black by Erik Sorenson
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Posted by Dragan Donkov on April 23, 2009
I want to share this book with you .It is like a fundament for everyone who want to become effective manager and coach.
This is part of the review made by Keith E. Webb. I hope you will enjoy it.
This book, now in its third edition, is the grandfather of coaching books and approaches. Much of what has come to be known as professional business coaching came from Timothy Gallway and Whitmore’s sports training techniques. As such, the book provides a simple foundation for coaching based on the context of awareness and responsibility through asking questions and listening. He presents the G R O W model of coaching – Goal, Reality, Option, Will – as a format for coaching sessions.
The book begins with a few foundational beliefs of coaches. Unlike old models of management that work from the “carrot and stick” approach, a coach believes in the potential of the client. Whitmore believes that people are only able to change only that which they are aware. Responsibility must stay with the client if they are to perform. Questions raise awareness and yet maintain the client’s responsibility. If the coach tells the coachee something, awareness may increase slightly, but responsibility in now in the hands of the coach, the source of the information. Questions cause the client to pay attention to their actions, think at higher levels, and provide feedback for the coach to work from.
More here
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