By Rick Nunez

 For a manager, motivating your employees is your job, and its one of the hardest things to do.  You need to push them hard enough to get performance but too hard and you will find yourself looking for new help.

 As an employer you need to get things done, to improve your efficiency create goals and share them with your employees, make their goals your goals.  In order to make this three things have to be present.  1.The goal has to be reachable, there are very few in this world that will push for the impossible.  2. The goal must be achieved through the employees efforts, giving them control of it  3. The employee needs to receive a reward, and it really needs to be more then a pat on the back or a free Coke.

 Staff meetings  Have meetings with your staff discussing your goals as a team and as a company.  Get feedback from your employees, not all of their ideas are bad.  Goals and Parties  Achieve a department or company goal? CELEBRATE! A celebration for a goal accomplished is a great team strengthening experience, and it makes the employees feel happy and successful. After all, success breads success.

AN EXAMPLE OF HIGH MORALE  Give employees ownership, and make them accountable.  Giving the employee ownership over something give them a feeling of responsibility and makes them feel like they are part of the family, even if it as simple as putting someone in charge of the pop cooler.

 Sexual harassment laws are there to do more then make it hard to date in the work place.  As a manager you need to remember you’re their to work, not make friends.  In order to make have a productive workforce you need to make them feel safe.

SUGGESTIONS FOR DEALING WITH SEXUAL HARASSMENT.  Establish and post a sexual harassment policy.  If a complaint is made, treat it seriously.  Get the information from the victim.  Document the meeting with the alleged victim.  Inform HR and your higher-ups of all the goings on.

PEACE OUT!!!