The Thriving Small Business

Employee Recognition – 8 Ways to Recognize Top Performers

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One of the important keys to a creating a culture of engaged employees is being deliberate with recognition.

Employees come to work and want to do a good job but like to be recognized for their efforts.  This should be incorporated into the way that we communicate with our employees.

This begins with setting the expectations followed by coaching through performance and lastly by recognizing and rewarding good performance. Read the Full Article →

Four Similarities Between Dog Training and Employee Management

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My children blessed us with a darling ten week old Shih Tzu puppy this past Christmas. Maggie is now almost seven months old and we have decided to start her in dog training to help us influence some of her behaviors.  Maggie is finishing up her first week of training and we had our “parent-teacher” conference this week and I was surprised at how the simple concepts they taught us for how to “manage” our pooch is so similar to leading and managing employees.   Read the Full Article →