This tip comes to you from Antonia Haythornthwaite of Blue Dot Human Resources http://bluedot.co.nz/
Once you’ve made the decision to employ people you need to ensure you can get the best possible performance out of them. Antonia outlines four key elements that need to be in place
1. Skills, Knowledge and Talents. If you’ve followed the recruitment steps outlined previously you can be confident that your people have the technical ability to do their job and the knowledge and attributes to do the work that they’ve been employed to do
2. Direction. Now you need to make sure that they understand the big picture, they know what’s expected of them. These things come from the direction that their manager or leader gives them.
3. Opportunity. This is the time or resources that they have to be able to do their job – have you given them the opportunity to excel?
4. Motivation. And finally is the motivation factor which is about ensuring people feel their work is important, that it’s worthwhile and they are making progress towards their personal goals.
Blue Dot is a leading HR consultancy specialising in performance solutions for small businesses. Check them out at www.bluedot.co.nz
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