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A verbal warning isn’t worth the paper it's written on

One of the areas where owners and managers consistently fail is in putting things in writing to their employees, and in an increasingly litigious employment environment, this can be both damaging and costly. 

One of the things that I have observed, and this is something that I write about extensively, is that small-business people have a hard time holding their employees accountable. Without supervisory training it is difficult to find a way to confront employees about their behavior, and when small-business managers do, they seldom put anything in writing.

   
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Term Limits for Employees

Many elected politicians have term limits because they tend to get stale in their position and it is important that the incumbent brings new ideas and energy to the position. Moreover, it is very difficult to defeat an incumbent, and sometimes forcing them to stand down is what is in the best interest of the electorate.

   
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The Hidden Paycheck

Employees focus on the paycheck they get each pay date and overlook the fact that their actual remuneration in terms of what it costs the employer is much higher. To educate them it is a good idea to produce an annual statement that details all the aspects of their compensation to drive the point home.

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Business Card Mirror

If asked, most of us would say that our business was focused on what our customers need. The reality, however, is often a little different as many businesses tend to spend more attention on their own issues than they do on their customers’ needs.

   
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Use the bacon omelet test

In a bacon omelet, the pig is committed while the chicken is merely involved. Think about your company in this way and separate your employees into pigs and chickens and it will lead you to some interesting insights.  Create a list with all your employee names ont he left and two columns on the right headed, respectively, "Committed" and "involved".  Then put an x in the relevant column for each employee and review the results.

   
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