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Building effective work teams

team workCreating and working in team is one of the most challenging things to deal in a company because working and cooperating with people is challenging. Creating a team is not difficult: just gather some people and that is all. However, creating productive teams than this is another story. It’s not just enough to get people together, but you must know their skills, aptitudes, interests and even their personality. Each member of a team must understand the mission and objectives of your organization. Even if he has a specific job function and belongs to a specific department there must exist unification in order to accomplish a common goal.

The failure of a work team appears when leaders fail to define the team they wanted to build. That is why it is important to have some strategies and to know to create an efficient work team. So before making a team, consider the following strategies. Continue reading ‘Building effective work teams’

New survey reveals shift in employee sentiment as more companies cut pay and perks

Glassdoor is a “career and workplace community where anyone can find and anonymously share salary details about specific jobs for specific employers or company and interview reviews describing life on the inside of an employer”.

They are conducting regulate surveys regarding employers and employees matters. The latest study revealed that in the latest period there was a shift in employee sentiment due to the companies cut pay and perks. Indifferent if this is a consequence of the actual financial situation it’s a fact that regards all of us.

The survey revealed that more and more employees are willing to make concessions, such as working more hours, pay cuts and unpaid leave and all these for being able to keep their jobs. It was interesting to observe that especially the younger employees are most willing to make concessions than the older ones.

Some of the statistics says that:

It’s All About the Managers…Duh!

Either we talk about employee motivation, business profitability or any related subject, they all depend on managers. We all know that the business profitability basis are in the managers’ skills and not necessary in the strategies or companies’ system.

The way managers implement motivation among employees will further influence the company’s financial results. Recent researches revealed that in most cases, the organization’s success is correlated to the standard establish within the company and to the excitement of each employee in regards to its job. If managers are not giving to employees the resources they need, if they are not motivating them and are acting without integrity than the performance level will decrease. Continue reading ‘It’s All About the Managers…Duh!’