Comments on: Listen to Your Employees http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html Exploring the trends driving small business Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Employees are the Canary in Your Reputation Coal Mine: 5 Ways to Keep Them Singing | Return on Reputation http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html#comment-992545 Employees are the Canary in Your Reputation Coal Mine: 5 Ways to Keep Them Singing | Return on Reputation Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:58:00 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=10877#comment-992545 [...] • Employees don’t respond to messaging. They respond to listening. [...] [...] • Employees don’t respond to messaging. They respond to listening. [...]

]]> By: employee engagement as competitive advantage http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html#comment-710220 employee engagement as competitive advantage Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:51:49 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=10877#comment-710220 [...] is providing internal forums for dialog across the business and then by ensuring that you are systematically listening to the larger voice of the organization and doing so in a way that actively involves managers at [...] [...] is providing internal forums for dialog across the business and then by ensuring that you are systematically listening to the larger voice of the organization and doing so in a way that actively involves managers at [...]

]]> By: Mike Wagner http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html#comment-655138 Mike Wagner Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:14:52 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=10877#comment-655138 Love your expansion on this conversation Zane. Unengaged employees do not create engaged customers. Keep creating...work worth doing, Mike Love your expansion on this conversation Zane.

Unengaged employees do not create engaged customers.

Keep creating…work worth doing,
Mike

]]> By: bizsugar.com http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html#comment-654868 bizsugar.com Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:51:19 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=10877#comment-654868 <strong>Listen to Your Employees | Small Business Trends...</strong> Listen to your employees. Why? Um...they're the ones that create, deliver and sustain your brand. They just may have some ideas. They have the data.... Listen to Your Employees | Small Business Trends…

Listen to your employees. Why? Um…they’re the ones that create, deliver and sustain your brand. They just may have some ideas. They have the data….

]]> By: Power, What it Does to Otherwise Ordinary People « Learn and Lead http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html#comment-654743 Power, What it Does to Otherwise Ordinary People « Learn and Lead Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:24:17 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=10877#comment-654743 [...] more great articles I read on the same topic: Get out of the (White) House by the New York Times Listen to your Employees by Small Business Trends [...] [...] more great articles I read on the same topic: Get out of the (White) House by the New York Times Listen to your Employees by Small Business Trends [...]

]]> By: tom http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html#comment-654660 tom Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:14:08 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=10877#comment-654660 Another problem I think is that employees are too afraid to stand up for themselves. They fear getting fired. But seriously, if you will get fired it usually means the job isn't for your Another problem I think is that employees are too afraid to stand up for themselves. They fear getting fired.

But seriously, if you will get fired it usually means the job isn’t for your

]]> By: Kris Bovay http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html#comment-654638 Kris Bovay Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:24:32 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=10877#comment-654638 I've worked with business owners who provide more maintenance and attention to plant floor equipment than to the employees who run that equipment. Human resources in all businesses are the most important company asset. We all need to believe that and behave accordingly in our day-to-day interactions with employees. I’ve worked with business owners who provide more maintenance and attention to plant floor equipment than to the employees who run that equipment. Human resources in all businesses are the most important company asset. We all need to believe that and behave accordingly in our day-to-day interactions with employees.

]]> By: Ivana Taylor http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html#comment-654627 Ivana Taylor Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:20:05 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=10877#comment-654627 I was just having this conversation with a CEO this morning! He said one of his favorite saying is "The path to profits is through satisfied customers and securing satisfied employees." And to get there - you have to listen and learn. I was just having this conversation with a CEO this morning! He said one of his favorite saying is “The path to profits is through satisfied customers and securing satisfied employees.” And to get there – you have to listen and learn.

]]> By: Martin Lindeskog http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html#comment-654624 Martin Lindeskog Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:44:16 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=10877#comment-654624 Jacob Webb, It was interesting to read your site, Everyday Entrepreneurship. I think that both the leaders of the company and the rest of the employees should listen to each other and have an ongoing conversation about the progress of the company. It is all about the trader principle. Jacob Webb,

It was interesting to read your site, Everyday Entrepreneurship. I think that both the leaders of the company and the rest of the employees should listen to each other and have an ongoing conversation about the progress of the company. It is all about the trader principle.

]]> By: Martin Lindeskog http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/02/listen-to-your-employees.html#comment-654622 Martin Lindeskog Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:26:43 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=10877#comment-654622 I would say that you should try to create an atmosphere of natural water cooler conversations at the workplace. As a purchaser of raw material of the production of the welding electrodes, I often sat down with the blue collar workers and talked about the production, instead of always sitting with the office people and white collar workers. I explained for the labor workforce that my work as a purchaser was crucial for their job situation and I wanted to hear about their daily work and how they handled and used the material I purchased for the factory. As a side note: When I left the company for going to America for studies at Southern New Hampshire University (New Hampshire College at that time), I bought delicious cakes for the all the people and I went out in the factory and gave them something to drink (beers and other things). It was very appreciated. People talked about it for a long time... :) I would say that you should try to create an atmosphere of natural water cooler conversations at the workplace.

As a purchaser of raw material of the production of the welding electrodes, I often sat down with the blue collar workers and talked about the production, instead of always sitting with the office people and white collar workers. I explained for the labor workforce that my work as a purchaser was crucial for their job situation and I wanted to hear about their daily work and how they handled and used the material I purchased for the factory. As a side note: When I left the company for going to America for studies at Southern New Hampshire University (New Hampshire College at that time), I bought delicious cakes for the all the people and I went out in the factory and gave them something to drink (beers and other things). It was very appreciated. People talked about it for a long time… :)

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