Welcome to the May 2009 newsletter update for VIP Success Club.
How has your last month been? Ours has been super exciting. We have moved to a new location overlooking the water and we have multiple businesses that are starting to really rock and roll!
I remember hearing a wise quote many years ago that said, "if nothing changes, nothing changes". What have you done in the last month to change your life? How are you educating yourself in order to get what you really want?
Is it the time of year where you are thinking of Skiing? For Liz and myself, we are going to see how the season unfolds first. We love skiing in Australia, as it is a unique experience skiing amongst the snow gums you can not get anywhere else in the world. I must admit, we don't mind NZ either, which is all above the tree line. Although we spend so much time in the Northern Hemisphere winter, you know what they say, "there's no place like home". So let's hope for some big fat low pressure systems with vicious cold fronts and an abundance of moisture to get this season rolling!
Or is it that time of year where you start dreaming of somewhere warmer? After all, the majority of the world's population lives above the equator and it is of course just coming into Summer time there. How do the beaches of Hawaii sound? Maybe a trip around the European countryside?
Whatever you are thinking, I hope you are thinking something! Most people just let these type of holiday dreams die as just that, dreams. All you need to do is keep them at the forefront of you mind and strange things always happen to actually bring those thoughts into reality. Have you ever noticed that?
For us, staying put and working hard until we are ready to travel again seems like the best option. We'll continue to learn and grow and obviously spend lots of time planning our next trip!
By the way, we've got a fantastic success tip this week from John Rawson. Enjoy and we'd love to hear any feedback you have! Here's to your VIP Success!
Today's success tip comes from John Rawson.
With 25 years of business experience and a demonstrated gift for sales, John turned his hand to business consulting. He has since built a consultancy practice that specialises in business management and leadership systems based on improving people skills.
Staff retention is a popular term used in the business world. What are your top tips for holding on to company talent?
Design a job description - hiring and then retaining people starts with designing a role or job description really well. The number one complaint from two-thirds of employees is lack of clear direction. This comes down to designing good job descriptions and then using them to manage people.
Hire for attitude - it is important to remember to hire for attitude over skills. The theory here, and the reality that we have seen in the last ten years, is that someone with skills and a bad attitude is not worth having around. They quickly poison the people around them and this makes for a very bad working environment.
Write a plan - in our programs, once people are hired and start working with our clients they must then write a personal work plan. They must set their goals for the next 12 months and contribute to developing their own training plan. They are asked to examine their training needs for the year and undertake at least four tasks that involve professional and personal development. Since training is now considered as valuable as money in the remuneration process, people are often prepared to concede money for training in today's job market.
The final interview - have the staff or management teams that will be working with the new employee conduct the final interview. This has been dubbed the 'tribal council' by many of our clients' staff. If this happens with a manager, the people that he or she will be managing should decide on which potential employee fits the company culture best. This is especially important if the job requires technical skills as well. For example, a fitter and turner can put one over an inexperienced manager, however they cannot fool their technical peers.
In all the job placements we do, we now use this method. It speeds up acceptance of a new employee and/or manager and can save months of settling in for a new employee. Since the new employees have been selected by their peers, these peers now work with the new employee to back up their initial vote of confidence in them and to make sure they do well in the job.
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