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FedEx Kinkos: The Office Meeting Commercial

kpmajers — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:25:31 +0000

more about "FedEx Kinkos: The Office Meeting Comm…", posted with vodpod

As entertaining as this video is, it is actually VERY REAL in businesses all over the country. Read the other posts to discover why this is happening, what it is costing us, and what we can do about it.
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The Bad Economy and Productivity – Mutually Exclusive???

kpmajers — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:26:47 +0000

Businesses today are bombarded with news of the bad economy. Some of the news involves:

credit that is drying up

investments going bad

disgruntled employees that see their health care at risk

those same employees that fear merit increases will be negligible

layoffs on the horizon

etc….

The list goes on and on. But does it have to? Yes the economy is limping along, but it is not on life support. The spirit of American business is strong and resilient – especially the mid sized business which represent the life blood of our success. Without sustained and steady growth of productivity the “snowball” of pessimism gets bigger and bigger and rolls downhill faster and faster. Can it be stopped? Can the business leaders of today do anything to change the mood and actually improve their productivity and results? ABSOLUTELY!!!

The majority of a company’s operating costs come from employees – they make up 70% of every dollar a company spends on the average. If they don’t produce or the good ones leave, this investment becomes a major drain on any company. How can this be prevented or turned around? Simple. Improve the level of engagement and passion in each and every one of them.

Consider this. In this country, one in three workers falls into the category of the disengaged or actively disengaged. If they can be converted to the engaged category, they will improve the productivity of your company immediately by a minimum of 12-15%! Kaizen Performance specializes in this process. We stand ready to take a “deep dive” look at your engagement levels and take immediate action to impact your productivity results TODAY. Call us at 281-961-0017.

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Employee Engagement – Does it Pay Off?

kpmajers — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:03:25 +0000

It was Henry Ford that asked “Why is it that when I ask for a pair of HANDS, the BRAIN comes along with them?” What he meant, of course, was that he wasn’t really interested in the person, just the task. Unfortunately, this is still true in many companies today. This is in direct contrast to many innovative business leaders who believe that the entire workforce is a tremendous source of original and productive thought and can solve any current and pending problems their organization faces.

The problem for these progressive managers is the lack of differentiation among their workforce that really care and those that feel like corporate “hostages” and stay because they feel there is no better current alternative. These folks are obviously disengaged at work and are, what we call – R.O.A.D. Kill (retired on active duty).

How many times have you worked along side these disengaged co-workers and heard them confess the sins of their boss, their company, the world? It is contagious and hard to fix. It is also a huge drain on the productivity of the work unit and anyone in the path of this unhappy tornado. Is it just a nuisance or does it actually cost the business money? Consider this…

Multiple research companies agree that the percentage of employees that are not engaged (passionate, innovative, happy with their work) is approximately 70%!!!! Moreover, the cost to US productivity has approached $430 billion annually. This equates to about 15% of a company’s annual revenue that is lost each and every year. What can be done? Actually, plenty. But it starts with diagnostic knowledge of who, how many, and where the engaged and disengaged workers are lurking within the company.

The best news of all is that the diagnostic process is not difficult, nor expensive. In fact, our company specializes in this work and what to do to improve the percentages in your favor.

For more discussion, contact me at bheth@APGTX.com