As the leader of your firm, one of your primary jobs is to get all your employees working hard to achieve the goals you together set. Nothing is more motivating than letting them know that you value their contributions and their input—and nothing is more demotivating than making them feel that they are not important to you."
Angie Herbers Founder and Senior Consultant, Angie Herbers Inc. |
To Motivate Employees, Listen to Them
Angie Herbers | Think Advisor, May 2014
Read the article online >Summary: When David Rockefeller was chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank (now part of JPMorgan Chase Bank) he created a strategy he called “management by wandering around.” That is, he would spend as much time as he could actually wandering around the bank’s headquarters talking to employees that he didn’t regularly come in contact with, from receptionists and secretaries to managers and vice presidents.