by Shaun Heuerman | Jan 6, 2011 | Employee Motivation, High Performance
A new year has come and gone, and what do you have to show for it? A renewed passion for your job? A workplace free of every dysfunction you can think of? How about a less-stressed, more relaxed, you? Well, whatever you gained—or didn’t—put it all behind you and...
by Shaun Heuerman | Dec 23, 2010 | Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, High Performance, Workplace Culture
Any company that thinks you have to pour money on employees to get them engaged will write off employee engagement efforts during tough economic times. In fact, you can’t afford NOT to pay attention to engagement, especially when the wind is howling outside....
by Shaun Heuerman | Dec 16, 2010 | Employee Motivation, Employee Training, High Performance, Profitability and Growth, Workplace Culture
If I had a nickel for every call I’ve received over the years that went like, “Well, we spent about $250,000 on sales training. It helped for a month or two, but to be honest, we didn’t receive any return on investment,” I could bail out the...
by Shaun Heuerman | Nov 25, 2010 | Effective Leadership, Employee Motivation, Workplace Culture
Something’s gotta give. New research shows that employees are exhausted to the core. The stresses of the workplace are so far beyond the good ol’ days. Remember when we used to take lunches together every day off site? Me neither. Well, it’s been a...
by Shaun Heuerman | Nov 18, 2010 | Effective Leadership, Employee Motivation, High Performance, Profitability and Growth
Last week I made a new friend—Tom Voccola, author of The Accidental CEO. Tom took something I’ve talked about for 20 years and put it in context with a picture—a pyramid with six levels. I’ll describe it for you. At the bottom of the pyramid is the...
by Shaun Heuerman | Nov 4, 2010 | Employee Motivation, High Performance
It’s party time… that time you’ve been waiting for to pick off the top loan customers key deposits from the weak banks around you that are floundering. You don’t need to buy them IF you know how to pull in all the business with ease. To do that, you must shatter...
