Future of Work From Home Jobs
by Rob Marchalonis. Work-from-home (WFM) is now a big deal, but will it last? Ask yourself a few questions. Do you like working from home? Do your employees like working from home? How is it going for everyone? Regardless of what anyone “likes”, I believe the future of WFM jobs depend mostly on one thing… productivity! If businesses, employers, and…
“Every Hour Matters” Video
by Rob Marchalonis. A simple way to value productivity is by measuring “Inputs and Outputs over TIME”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFw2mnM3RSg How big are the financial opportunities in your business? Consider if you had a “million-dollar annual opportunity” to: Create wealth Reduce debt Grow sales Generate gross margin Reduce expenses Earn net income Etc.) consider the importance of time. Watch this short video…
Avalanche Zone
Are You Prepared and Protected? by Rob Marchalonis. Last summer, my wife and I enjoyed a 10-day vacation loop around the Mountain States beginning and ending in Denver. We started by taking our rented Jeep Wrangler north to the Black Hills, Sturgis, and Mount Rushmore. From there, west to Devils Tower, Cody, and the East entrance of Yellowstone. After a…
Employee Response to Incentives
6 Benefits of Well-Structured Incentive Plans by Rob Marchalonis. Do you have an “incentive plan” in place for your employees? If so, how is it working? Incentive plans (financial or otherwise) can be a powerful way to motivate and support better results from your workforce, but only if well structured. Smart incentive plans can offer employers and leaders many advantages,…
Simple But Powerful Change Model
Managing significant “change” is a difficult challenge for leaders. With good intentions, some leaders proceed to do something new or different without adequately considering the potential outcomes or impact on others. What may seem like an obvious improvement to some, can appear to others as “more work” or “unnecessary risk without adequate benefit”. Leaders can benefit from the Knoster Model…
Advice Wanted?
Some people who pay good money for advice, must really not want it or simply don’t listen! “Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.” Khalil Gibran “Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.” John C. Maxwell “I give opinions, not advice.” Lou Holtz Reference: BrainyQuotes.com
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Incentive Benchmark Nucor
Productivity leader Nucor rewards leadership for results. Always interesting to follow the performance and corresponding employee incentive compensation for “benchmark incentive” company, Nucor. Yes, they’ve enjoyed some nice tailwinds lately, but still very impressive for an otherwise “gritty commodity business”. Every article about Nucor seems to mention their aggressive variable comp plans and leaders often link their top-tier productivity to…
Incent Which Employees First?
Six Questions to Help You Pick by Rob Marchalonis Who first? Anyone who has even considered employee incentive compensation plans asks the question, “With which employees should we start?” My strong belief is that incentive plans are best deployed by functional team or “workgroup”. Most small to mid-sized organizations can conveniently group their employees into a relatively few (4 –…
15 Steps to IncentShare
Creating better employee incentive plans is a process that is made much easier by identifying several key steps to consider and address. We can guide you through this process, or check them out for yourself in IncentShare by Rob Marchalonis, found here in paperback or on Kindle at Amazon. “Five Stars – A must read for leaders! This book unveils…