Are You Talent Attractive?
To Get Better, Be Better. by Rob Marchalonis. Be worthy of the talent you seek. In business, as in life, if you want to attract better you may have to become better. If a bright, capable, and talented workforce is what you need, then start by examining how worthy an employer you are to high-performance employees. When I work with…
Motivating Hourly Workers (Part 2)
Continued from the previous blog post, Motivating Hourly Workers (Part 1). https://wp.me/p755sx-5W by Rob Marchalonis. Illustration of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Our last blog post indicated how hourly work-groups present unique challenges. Toyota, the car company, has found several ways to overcome hourly work-group challenges and succeed as the most profitable automotive producer worldwide. One way that Toyota has found…
Motivating Hourly Workers (Part 1)
by Rob Marchalonis. Good ideas either fly or flop based on the motivation of the participants. That’s what I’ve learned, and others seem to agree. Motivated employees embrace better ideas and run with them. When the participants are un-motivated, even the best ideas don’t get very far in a workplace. Having personal experience with both outcomes, and significant frustration with…
Peak Performers – Worth Treating Differently?
by Rob Marchalonis. One of the highlights of my career has been the opportunity to work with peak performers. To clarify, these are individuals I would categorize in the top 5% relative to their peers, based on performance. Among these people, some were exceptionally gifted, others were notably experienced, and many simply worked very hard to get amazing results. What’s…
Re-Engage Your Workforce
Reconnect Your Workers to Their Work by Rob Marchalonis Employment and engagement data differs widely. With recent unemployment data in the mid-single-digits (currently around 4.9% according to the Department of Labor), it would be tempting to believe that all is well in today’s workplace. But this high-profile data only reveals one aspect of employment in America. Yes, employment is in…
Start with Stakeholders
by Rob Marchalonis Stakeholders are all the people who benefit from your organization. Customers or employees might quickly come to mind, but your organization likely has many stakeholders. One way to think about all of your stakeholders is to consider them as groups. An example of stakeholder groups would include: owners, shareholders, employees, volunteers, re-sellers, distributors, end-use customers, suppliers, vendors,…
Are You Maximizing Your Return on Human Capital?
Smart Leaders Learn How and Why to Invest in People. by Rob Marchalonis What is Human Capital? Very simply, human capital is “people value.” In a workplace, human capital can be used to describe your people resources which obviously include employees but may also include volunteers, business partners, suppliers, customers, and anyone else who contributes to or has a stake in…
Beware this Employee Dilemma
by Rob Marchalonis Competing Relational Interests. It’s very likely your workforce is burdened with a dilemma. The dilemma is “competing relational interests”, and it exists in virtually every organization. Even in a small workplace with just a few employees, individuals have multiple professional and personal relationships with others. Have you considered the challenge that this presents to your employees, and for you as…
Incentives + Sharing = IncentShare
WELCOME to IncentShare! We provide custom compensation solutions, to help you “succeed by sharing”! by Rob Marchalonis Incentives can motivate your team and boost your results. Yes, there are lots of ways to motivate a team, but none are as powerful as “sharing your success” with the employees that will get you there. If you can find a way to share a…
More About LSP123
by Rob Marchalonis LSP – Leadership, Strategy, and Process is a foundation on which you can accomplish almost any worthwhile objective! Organizations, workgroups, and even individuals who focus first on leadership, second on strategy, and third on their processes will get more done in less time, and boost their results. L-S-P in 1-2-3 order is a simple yet powerful approach to guide…