Not exact matches
But it turns out there's a chasm between how managers, executives, and business owners
think of these helpful suggestions from the top and how front -
line employees view them.
And before you
think, «Well,
employees don't have to love their job, they just have to do their job,» remember that unhappy
employees are less engaged, less productive, and more likely to leave the company — all of which can negatively affect your bottom
line.
Flexible work schedules or arrangements require managers to
think less about «
line of sight management» --(e.g., «I can see Bobby at his desk so he must be working»)-- and creates a management philosophy that focuses more on outcomes or results of an
employee's work.
Organizations preoccupied with short - term, bottom
line thinking often view their
employees as little more than resources to be hired, fired, and manipulated as the need arises.
In an interview with HBR's editors, the low - key Sørensen shares his
thoughts on counterintuitive strategy, connecting with
employees, and managing for a triple bottom
line.
But I
think it's pretty clearly true that the guy in the unique situation (i.e., the CEO) matters more than the guy who is just one of a thousand other front -
line employees.
Less concerned with inspiring
employees by big picture
thinking, managers are focused on the things and tasks that need to be accomplished to increase the bottom
line.
They didn't look to hire an eLearning consultant because they didn't realize they exist, or if they did realize they existed, they
think we are solely university
employees converting classes to on -
line and putting tenured professors out of work, or corporate wonks writing boring sexual harassment and timecard training.
With both its members» continued employment and its retirees» pensions on the
line, you would
think that the United Federation of Teachers, the American Federation of Teachers - affiliated NYC teachers union, would do everything in its power to help the city maximize returns for city
employees.
A factory visit to Apollo's plant revealed metals processing infrastructure and a
think film module manufacturing
line in place, but nary an
employee in sight.
You can stay in business in that very ongoing linear way, focussing on growth, and where the company is going to go in the next few years, or you can
think «oh my God, how do we begin to
think about the evolution of each one of our
employees, about the evolution of our product
line, about how we approach our customers and consumers?»
So I
think there's a
line that can be crossed by any
employee in terms of asking for exactly what they want for but again, that's where common sense comes in.
According to a Vault.com survey, which I found in Net Etiquette for Job Seekers, 44 % of employers surveyed looked up potential
employees on social networking sites and 82 % of those employers would
think twice about hiring candidates with something perceived as negative in their on -
line profiles.
And FYI: 39 % of employers have searched the on -
line profiles of current
employees, so don't
think you're good to go after you've got the job.
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Who would have
thought that people would be standing in
line to have an
employee at a kiosk write their name on a grain of rice?