John Strelecky definitely knows the answer! In «The Big Five for Life», he talks about how to be a friend, support, and better boss to your employees.
You can read and listen to the book online, or you can save time and read the 6 main conclusions without the fluff in just 5 minutes.
Enjoy reading!
1. Creative awards
Bonuses motivate employees well, but John Strelecky is against giving money in white envelopes. He favors an original approach.
At DLGL, the best employees were allowed to stand on a stump and give a 10-minute speech. Yes, on a regular stump! For every minute, they received $ 500, and most importantly, they remembered this award for a long time! What a fun way to reward an employee!
2. Support employees
The author of the book advises giving the employee as much sick leave as needed. After all, if the employee is not completely healthy, he will not be effective. Because of this, the company can lose money and customers, and nobody needs that, right?
And the employee will value the care of the boss. With such an attentive boss, you want to work better!
3. Spend or invest?
Imagine that you have a million dollars. Where will you spend them? John Strelecky writes that it is better to invest in technologies that will bring income.
You will still spend that million. Most importantly, for what purpose? It is much better to invest in production or new technology, which will also bring income!
4. Collective assessment
When one of the employees does his tasks poorly, conflicts can arise. To avoid this, the author of «The Big Five for Life» shared an interesting way to work better as a team: