Actual for You - Business

A Brief History of Television Advertising
It All Began With RadioBroadcasting was originally developed as a means for companies to sell radios. But once commercial entities realized that many households were listening to their radios a significant amount of time every day, they started to explore this medium as a way to get their message across to the masses. If one has to choose a single even

4 Ways to Double the Power of Your Business Cards
Sure, everyone needs business cards. But why not make your business card do double or triple the work of an average business card.Here are 4 proven ways to supercharge your business card into a powerful business tool.1. Use the back of the card to include sales info. Good marketers know that customers need to be reminded at every opportunity how your

I’ve heard the term “accountability” probably only second to cash flow/profit over my 30 plus years of working with privately held and publicly traded companies. I’m often told, “I hired them for their experience and expertise, they know their jobs, but I just get what I get…not what I want”.

The fallacy is that when you leave it up to your employees to determine “what good is”, you simply get their “good” (potentially multiple little businesses ongoing with no risk…except to you as the owner), not YOUR GOOD. Assuming that your definition of “good” is valid (keeps you in business) and achievable (not impossible or benchmarked to constant 100% performance), whether in construction, manufacturing, distribution, or services, if you can’t clearly define YOUR GOOD in terms of critical processes to be performed, financial and operational standards linked to HOW YOU MAKE MONEY, have the ability to measure those results by critical process, and link the results to how the employee makes money, you simply can’t create ACCOUNTABILITY. In simpler terms the employee has to know precisely what they are accountable for daily/weekly/by job (standards or benchmarks based on the specific job or process); when they have to look to know if what their doing is working under your definition of “good” (via reports or simple observation); and to whom they have to communicate the results of their observation of good or bad to defined timelines.

In construction, the bible is the awarded estimate. When broken down into daily/weekly/job specific standards for project managers and field personnel, a measurable control is established. You evaluate your estimators based on results of bid to award (bid log), total dollars, margins, and field feedback. If there is a problem with the bid that gets past your pre-start meetings with the project managers, supervisors, and/or lead foreman, the accountable feedback is to estimating to correct f

Employee Performance Issues - How to Effectively Address Problem Performance
Employee performance issues are unavoidable. The key to both addressing them and reducing their reoccurrence is to provide honest and timely feedback.This is certainly not a new concept. Unfortunately it is not commonly practiced. There is a simple reason for this, and it’s not because we don’t have the time. I’ve seen managers do almost anything to avoid gi

u simply get their “good” (potentially multiple little businesses ongoing with no risk…except to you as the owner), not YOUR GOOD. Assuming that your definition of “good” is valid (keeps you in business) and achievable (not impossible or benchmarked to constant 100% performance), whether in construction, manufacturing, distribution, or services, if you can’t clearly define YOUR GOOD in terms of critical processes to be performed, financial and operational standards linked to HOW YOU MAKE MONEY, have the ability to measure those results by critical process, and link the results to how the employee makes money, you simply can’t create ACCOUNTABILITY. In simpler terms the employee has to know precisely what they are accountable for daily/weekly/by job (standards or benchmarks based on the specific job or process); when they have to look to know if what their doing is working under your definition of “good” (via reports or simple observation); and to whom they have to communicate the results of their observation of good or bad to defined timelines.

Using Recorded Conference Call Lines to Generate Great Infoproduct Content
If you’ve ever struggled to get ideas on paper, recorded conference call lines can offer you a fantastic way to turn your brainstorms into profitable information products.1. Hold a recorded teleclass. Not only can you use a live teleclass or teleseminar to capture a presentation, you can turn the recording of your call into a profitable information product. U

erms of critical processes to be performed, financial and operational standards linked to HOW YOU MAKE MONEY, have the ability to measure those results by critical process, and link the results to how the employee makes money, you simply can’t create ACCOUNTABILITY. In simpler terms the employee has to know precisely what they are accountable for daily/weekly/by job (standards or benchmarks based on the specific job or process); when they have to look to know if what their doing is working under your definition of “good” (via reports or simple observation); and to whom they have to communicate the results of their observation of good or bad to defined timelines.

Steps to True Internet Success
I am not going to try and sell you on some Hokie-Pokie way of starting a business. Nor am I going to get you to check out some fabulous business opportunity.What I am going to tell you is not being done. In fact, what you want to know about internet marketing and what professionals want you to know are two different things.If you are think about buyi

ks based on the specific job or process); when they have to look to know if what their doing is working under your definition of “good” (via reports or simple observation); and to whom they have to communicate the results of their observation of good or bad to defined timelines.

Jump Start Your Credit Repair Business
If you own, or work for a credit repair business and you are looking to add some clients to your book of business, buying credit repair leads may not be a bad place to start.Credit repair leads may not be a bad choice because these potential customers have committed to having their credit repaired by a professional such as yourself.People looking for c

dards for project managers and field personnel, a measurable control is established. You evaluate your estimators based on results of bid to award (bid log), total dollars, margins, and field feedback. If there is a problem with the bid that gets past your pre-start meetings with the project managers, supervisors, and/or lead foreman, the accountable feedback is to estimating to correct future bids and for the field crew to seek ways of mitigating the problem. If profits exceed expectations, understand why you are winning and how to repeat it, feed the information back to estimating so they can focus on more of that type of work.

There is no perfection in business, just a constant accountability to respond to problems or potential problems so as to mitigate the time they last and to maximize great jobs. In reality, problems that go on even an extra day or week (more often longer) cost money, cash flow, and profits whether in the field or in estimating. Accountability means I know what “your good” is, I recognize and accept that it is achievable, and I work to maximize that which is working and respond to correct or mitigate problems within an “urgent” timeline.

The pennies and dollars mount up. If you focus on what the profit and cash flow should be ruthlessly (intense focus) at all key levels, profits will increase along with your cash flow forever.

HTTP = HTML link (for blogs, profiles,phorums):
<a href="http://www.actual4u.com/article/21738/actual4u-How-Do-I-Make-My-Employees-Accountable.html">How Do I Make My Employees Accountable?</a>

BB link (for phorums):
[url=http://www.actual4u.com/article/21738/actual4u-How-Do-I-Make-My-Employees-Accountable.html]How Do I Make My Employees Accountable?[/url]

Custom banners allow you to give a way to your thoughts and ideas, without any hassles. It will help you to lend some distinctiveness to your message for audience.

Although I might seem to really hate MLM (and you'll know me as the person who banned all MLMers and network marketers from My Speed Business Network) I want to assure you that I have enormous goodwill and respect for MLM done properly. This article provides a summary of what MLM actually is, and describes some aspects that you need to beware of if you are considering using that business model.

How would you like to be more productive? Get more done? Everyone does but who will do what is necessary to make it happen? Read on and see exactly what you can do to get more done each and everyday.

Tags

Links

Actual for You - How Do I Make My Employees Accountable?

Related Articles: