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Evaluate your culture for a healthier organization

Fixing dysfunction in your organization begins with analyzing a company’s culture and looking at how its “personality” affects employee performance. Examine these key areas:

• Structure. What is the company’s organizational structure? Look for gaps and stresses. For example, do you have too many managers with too few employees reporting to them? Do some managers have too many responsibilities and others have too few?
  
  
• Decision-making. Who calls the shots? Clarifying who’s responsible for what helps companies cut costs and run more efficiently. When the lines of responsibility are blurred, people have a good excuse for not getting involved.
  
  
• Information. Companies can’t adequately motivate employees or measure their progress if employees don’t get the information they need to do their jobs. Survey your workforce to determine how effectively you’re getting your message out.

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These three techniques will motivate your team

Superior training, great products, and generous perks are all wasted if your team has no motivation to work hard. Here are some field-tested tactics managers can use to pump up their people and help them reach their full potential:

• Show them how they improve customers’ lives. All employees want to know their work is meaningful. At your next staff meeting, make a list of the different ways your products or services help people. Employees will be more engaged when they truly believe that their work has a positive impact.
  
  
• Don’t let employees get into a rut. Be unpredictable. One company closes its doors every Friday afternoon so the team can read and discuss the latest business books. This kind of break is crucial to keeping employees charged up.
  
  
• Keep symbols of success out in the open. Post letters from satisfied customers and memos of praise from your corporate officers. Tangible evidence of success will keep your team focused on its goals.