Posts Tagged training
Manager’s Guide – Key to Productivity
By definition a successful manager is one who gets the most productivity from the people who report to them. No matter what industry you are in, there is one key to getting the very most from your personnel. If you understand the motivation, what really drives each individual toward success, and you know how to use this information, then you will see consistently higher levels of productivity. This is an obvious statement, but implementation can be more challenging.
Every manager wants to use successful motivation techniques to drive production. These techniques should be a part of a long term strategy, and so, should not use negative short term threats if you want to retain your best personnel and nurture their productivity over time. Threats of time pressure and “take away’s” are not the best management tools in most situations, especially where you are trying to build trust that will in turn bring greater long term commitments to improving your bottom-line.
Related posts
How One Manager Led a Successful Productivity Improvement Program
It is essential to plan your strategy and tactics prior to starting to improve your business productivity because it gives direction and something to modify if you need to change halfway through. If you write a plan, circulate the information so your team can have input to it. Again, including your team and allowing them to contribute to the plan will give them some psychological ownership of the success of the program.
Just remember, your program will be unsuccessful if you don’t win the co-operation of your team. Inclusion in the design of the program will contribute to the successful outcome.
Related posts
Managing Productivity in a 24 Hour Business
There are many businesses that manage to operate around the clock. Obviously, this requires shift work to ensure that capital resources are utilized for as long as possible. However, the downside to this is the effect of fatigue on productivity.
Tired people are prone to making mistakes, they operate more slowly and less effectively. They tend to do things the long the way because the routine is familiar and they don’t have to think. But they fail to see the efficient shortcuts that could be used. Fatigue causes their concentration to lapse and this is reflected in their quality of work, accidents, damage to products and damage to equipment.
Related posts