Need for Recognition

June 30th, 2008 admin

People react to things because of the way it makes them feel. How we feel about ourselves can be connected to what others think of us. Knowing and respecting people is key to recognition and praise in the workplace and the catalyst for change.

We all have a need for recognition and praise because it satisfies our “esteem needs.” Receiving recognition produces feelings of confidence, worth, strength, and usefulness. When we deny recognition and praise, we produce feelings of inferiority, weakness, or helplessness.

Clearly, you want your employees to feel useful, strong and confident so they will be productive, creative, and efficient.

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Workplace Bullying

June 29th, 2008 admin

There have been several recent articles about bullying in the workplace. Some of the bullying tactics are unfounded rumors, job aggression, verbal abuse, or humiliating conduct. A workplace bully is defined as anyone that undermines the legitimate business interests of a company.

What kind of leadership is needed in a company to stop such behaviors? And what exactly does this behavior cost a company? First, behavior modification begins with management. Embracing motivational material and developing influence as a management leader will encourage the desired behavior in your business. It is important to offer protection and compassion in the workplace. Second, it is impossible to determine how much this bullying behavior costs a company in lost revenue with employee turnover and stale growth.

When we provide a safe work environment for people, they are more eager to share ideas, take risks, “think outside the box,” and challenge the status quo. It is a productive problem solving and exciting workplace when people are not afraid of sharing their ideas because they will not be criticized, only encouraged. The company benefits and employee’s positive behavior should be rewarded.

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Getting It Right

June 28th, 2008 admin

At KS Yocum Enterprise, we become your marketing partner and help you create the correct incentive program to drive the transformation that you seek. Incentives provide a better way of thinking about doing business. With the proper incentive program everyone will benefit. It’s not just putting an incentive in place, but it is getting it right.

Incentive trends in the past few years have been travel. Travel creates memories and that is a valuable return on your investment, but recent trends of rising costs in hotel and airfare have created shortages in the incentive budget. Large companies are wanting to keep budgets flat, even though travel costs are increasing.

We have noticed a trend to award management with higher-end merchandise choices and other employees with appropriate level gift choices. Our program not only creates memories, but also works within the budget restraints of companies and allows the recipient to choose the gift.

Contact us at ksyocum@gmail.com or visit us at http://www.ksyocum.com.

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Small Business Solutions

June 27th, 2008 admin

At KS Yocum Enterprises, our service is especially designed for the small business owner who is challenged to create a cost-effective incentive program that offers versatility. As a small business owner, you will be glad to know that shipping is free, there are no minimum orders, we give you a six month satisfaction guarantee, we offer 30-day billing, and we help you expand your professional business relationships with employees, customers, and suppliers.

The experience and knowledge that we have in the incentive award business can help you get the most ROI to show you how a personalized program benefits you. So, if you want to expand sales volume, open new accounts, introduce a new product, strengthen customer base, influence employee behavior, improve corporate image, improve moral, we have the meaningful memorable gifts for all budgets.

We are a small business as well. That’s why our business is tailored to finding effective solutions for your business through our consultant expertise. We problem solve, give fast service and are always on budget. You may find more information out on us by going to http://www.ksyocum.com

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