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Affiliate Tip Of The Week!

Natasha Aronov — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:13:27 +0000

Based on a research by Robert Kaplan and David Norton (founders of Balanced Scorecard), only 5% of employees understand the company’s strategy. Are you in line with the company’s goals and future strategy for the company? If you are in the executive team, makes sure you communicate it over to your team members. If they are on board with your strategy, it will be much easier to execute. Also, one thing to remember is not to “dictate how”, and instead let your team figure out the best approach to accomplish the goal. Your affiliates will definitely be a lot more receptive to your company’s message.

Heathcare Costs to Continue to Increase

Christina — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:46:51 +0000

Do you feel like your healthcare cost keeps increasing every year? Health care premiums have more then doubled since 2001 and are expected to increase another 12% in 2011 for employees. With the new healthcare reform children are able to remain on their parents plans until they are 26, this can add up to 2.4 million children. Positive effects from the reform, including savings won’t be noticeable for years to come, until them we can expect premiums to continue to increase year over year.

” I Quit “

Christina — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:00:28 +0000

Two words companies have been hearing more of in 2010. In February, the number of employees voluntarily quitting surpassed the number being fired or let-go for the first time since October 2008.

Since the Bureau of Labor Statistics starting tracking such data the average numbers of employees quitting their jobs per month has been about 2.7 million. In October 2008 this number dropped to 1.72 million but now that employees feel the recession is taking a turn for the better this number is steadily increasing. March 2009 showed 1.87 million employees voluntarily quitting their jobs.

Human-resource consultant Right Management conducted a poll at the end of 2009 asking workers if they intended to leave their job when the market got better, 60% said yes.

Experts say there are 2 reasons for this increase. First, the natural turnover of employees leaving to advance their careers by either finding a better position or furthering their education. Secondly, employees were reluctant to leave their current job during the recession, these hang-ups are disappearing.

The cost of turnover can cost up to half of an employees yearly salary after recruitment and training. Companies are trying to find better ways to retain current employees such as concierge services, discounted lunches and hiring bonus. But most employees are looking for less stress at work, improving work-life balance and creating more opportunities internal and externally.

For some employees it may be to late for these types of incentives. What would it take for you to remain at a job you were not happy with? Money? Promotion? Happiness?

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Loyalty..Now and forever!

Marci K. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:49:46 +0000

Loyalty cannot be blueprinted. It cannot be produced on an assembly line.
In fact, it cannot be manufactured at all, for its origin is the human heart-the center of self-respect and human dignity.
It is a force which leaps into being only when conditions are exactly right for it-and it is a force very sensitive to betrayal.
MAURICE FRANKS

Here is what you can do to make sure that your employees are loyal to your company and this will help in making your customers loyal as well.

1.      Offer more than just a job – Offer someone a career with your company. Someone who is invested and motivated will be a better employee than someone who views their position as a job.

2.      Generate goodwill through good deeds – Be involved in the community and get your employees involved. Here at Leadpile we are involved in a project to help schools and families who need financial assistance. All the employees are involved in picking out a project and it is rewarding to see where our gift helps.

http://www.leadpile.com/lead-exchange-blog/2008/06/05/leadpile-charitable-contributions-to-donorschoose/

3.      Empower employees – Let your employees have some lines of communication where they can share ideas and influences on company policies and practices. This will promote team work.

4.      Invest in training and development – If you don’t get proper training to your employees then they feel that they are not worth anything. Take the extra effort to make them feel worthy of their position and place in your company. This will breed loyalty.

5.      Recognize and reward often – Give praise to an employee when they have done something well and you may find they will be more productive after receiving it. Don’t say anything and you may find the opposite happening. Even a simple “Good job” is a great thing to hear.

6.      Get to know your employees – Treat your employees as individuals and not as a group. They are a group of individuals and each has their own way of working. Don’t think that everyone is the same and knows what their cubicle neighbor does. It is not always that way.

Here at Leadpile we work hard to earn your loyalty and keep it. We continue to be the Worlds Largest Exclusive Lead Marketplace because of you. Our customers.