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Motivation – Small Business Quote of the Day

Jun 30, ’08 12:18 PM
Author Stefan Töpfer (Editor) Categories Business Quotations, motivate your staff

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained 

“Almost every kind of fanfare was tried to create enthusiasm.”

Thomas J. Watson Sr (1874-1956) US founder & president of IBM 

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Small Business Lists – 5 Ways to Empower Your Employees

Jun 23, ’08 3:40 PM
Author Stefan Töpfer (Editor) Categories Business Checklists, motivate your staff

This checklist will hopefully help you encourage your employees to make smart decisions by themselves, therefore empowering them. 

  1. Set Guidelines – It can be beneficial to your company to allow each employee to make financial decisions up to a certain value without consulting you. Obviously, high-value decisions must be approved by a superior or by you but if you can trust them to deal with small amounts it will make them feel more important and also save you a little time.
  2. Regular Training – It is easy to overlook the importance of training, especially in a SME. By providing regular training you are ‘adding-value’ to the employee and make them a more important asset to your business. Some valuable training can even be provided at very little cost e.g. role-playing exercises.
  3. Find Hidden Talents – Take the time to get to know your staff and encourage their input in brainstorming exercises. You may be surprised to find that your receptionist has a talent for coming up with marketing ideas.
  4. Customer Care – Teach your employees the value of securing long-term customers. It is well worth making concessions when dealing with a high-value customer. An employee should be knowledgeable about this and empowered enough to make an on-the-spot decision to make a concession when trying to resolve a situation.
  5. Reward Them – You may think your employees have done well but unless you show them this they are likely to feel unappreciated. Simple things like treating them to a party after securing a big contract will be great for morale.

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Motivation – Small Business Quote of the Day

Jun 23, ’08 12:08 PM
Author Stefan Töpfer (Editor) Categories Business Quotations, motivate your staff

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained 

“No longer directed by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.’

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) German painter 

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Motivation – Small Business Quote of the Day

Jun 16, ’08 11:56 AM
Author Stefan Töpfer (Editor) Categories Business Quotations, motivate your staff

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained 

“The more a person can do, the more can motivate them.”

Frederick Herzberg (1923-2000) US psychologist, The Motivation to Work (1959) 

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Motivation – Small Business Quote of the Day

Jun 9, ’08 12:00 PM
Author Stefan Töpfer (Editor) Categories Business Quotations, motivate your staff

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained 

“The common wisdom is that… managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.”

Tom Peters (b. 1942) US management consultant  

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Motivation – Small Business Quote of the Day

Jun 2, ’08 12:00 PM
Author Stefan Töpfer (Editor) Categories Business Quotations, motivate your staff

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained 

“If you want to do something because you want a house or a Jaguar, that’s movement. It’s not motivation.”

Frederick Herzberg (1923-2000) US psychologist 

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Motivation – Small Business Quote of the Day

May 26, ’08 12:07 PM
Author Stefan Töpfer (Editor) Categories Business Quotations, motivate your staff

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained 

“It’s part of my strong feeling for the necessity of constant change, for keeping people a little off balance.”

Sam M. Walton (1918-92) US entrepreneur 

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Motivation – Small Business Quote of the Day

May 19, ’08 11:53 AM
Author Stefan Töpfer (Editor) Categories Business Quotations, motivate your staff

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained 

“Motivation, really moving people to do something, needs emotion.”

Paul Corrigan (b. 1948) British author 

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Motivation – Small Business Quote of the Day

May 12, ’08 11:46 AM
Author Stefan Töpfer (Editor) Categories Business Quotations, motivate your staff

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained 

“If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more. You want the whole tree.”

Ted Turner (b. 1938) US founder of Turner Broadcasting Systems, New York Times (November 1996) 

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Motivation – Small Business Quote of the Day

May 5, ’08 3:15 PM
Author Stefan Töpfer (Editor) Categories Business Quotations, motivate your staff

A small business quote a day keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained  

“If you don’t understand what makes people tick, they won’t tick.”  

Robert Swan (b. 1956) British explorer 

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