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How can we get employees to show up at work passionate, whole and energized?
• Best practices to defuse disenchanted and disengaged employees in the workplace
• Integrate a work/fun performance enhancement program
•The use of excellent presentation skills to capture and hold employees attention
• The powers of persuasion to stimulate super learning
• Unleash passion, creativity and inspire motivation
• An infusion of encrouragement when needed
• Incentive programs to reward employees
The result will be enhanced performance, fostered good morale, challenged and fullfilled, productively engaged employees.
The deepest craving of human nature is the need to feel value and valuable. Build two way trust and winning relationships with employees based on acceptance, appreciation, approval, adimiration and attention to reap the benefits of win/win relationships. Give employees the permission to perform. Allow them to bring the best of their whole selves to work every day. Welcome the whole employee to work, his/her ideas, interest and talents.
Encourage and be open to a work/fun enviroment. Fun does not necessarily happen on schedule, it grows within a culture that fosters its existance. Trust and promote a healthy balance work life enviroment, expand the workplace boundaries for employees to feel, confident and comfortable.
The organizations most valuable assets, is its employees. why not trust them to use their judgments to bring fun to their workplace, for a healthy balance worklife. Mentor/coach employees to over come fear and failure, and to embrace expansive thinking and risk-taking. Create time and space for conversation and discussion. Listen to and make each employee heard. Embrace employees to engender one successful journey after another, that instills self-confidence, which leads to high levels of performance and productivity in all tasks.