Motivation is essential to be successful in any endeavor you undertake. It can be positive or negative, subtle or obvious, tangible or intangible. It is very important in workplaces as it plays a key role in the effective performance of employees. In industry, managers play a significant role in employee motivation. They use different motivation techniques to improve productivity, thereby promoting cooperation between employees and employers.
Motivation is based on three specific aspects such as the arousal of behavior, the direction of behavior, and persistence of behavior. Arousal of behavior involves what activates human behavior and direction of behavior is concerned with what directs behavior towards a specific goal. Persistence of behavior is concerned with how the behavior is sustained.
]]>Many entrepreneurs are regular outwardly normal people .But underneath the normal exterior there is something all successful entrepreneurs have in common ie . they are prepared to spend long hours of work giving their grey cells workouts to try & find ways to do things better. They like talking risks. They have passion in whichever field they are in. The ambition of these people are revealed in the highly attention they pay to building their brands .For an entrepreneurship branding is very important. It is the only way to distinguish one’s product from the competitors. As brands contains all market perceptions about quality, style and reliability etc. Eventually every successful business must develop positive branding of some description. Business is all about branding. A good businessman always try to build brands. A product sells by brand name , They choose highly paid models to boost their brand image which in turn inhances their sales. Every person has precisely the same amount of time ie.24hrs in a day. As someone very rightly said “time is money”. Only a few hard working become the entrprenuers . It’s all about time management and of course a strong determination.
]]>God said , “Cool it. I am going to set up a test that will run two hours and I will judge who does the better job.” So down they sat at the key boards and typed away .They moused away. They did spreadsheets, they wrote reports ,they sent faxes, they sent out e-mails, they sent out e-mails with attachments, they down loaded ,they made cards, they did every known job. But just a few minutes before the two hours were up, a lightening flashed across the sky. The thunder rolled and the rains came down hard. And of course electricity stayed off. Satan was upset. He fumed and fussed and he ranted and raved, all to no avail. The electricity stayed off. But but after a bit , the rain stopped and the electricity came back on. Satan screamed, ” I lost it all when the electricity went off. What am I going to do? What happened to Jesus’s work?”
Jesus just sat and smiled. Again Satan asked about the work that Jesus had done. As Jesus turned his computer back on ,the screen glowed and when he pushed “print it” ,it was all there.” How did he do it?” Satan asked? God smiled and said ,”Jesus saves.”
]]>Most of the times we are trying to change others which is nothing but waste of time and makes us feel more miserable because others don’t change. In order to change others we have to become strong ourselves first emotionally, physically and practice the behavior before we impose it onto others.
There are certain people around us who are always pulling us down and imposing negative energy in the form of criticism and scouldings and are discouraging us be it home or office . There is no use keeping relation with such people. We should be avoiding the company of such people at all cost..Never the less some relations are unavoidable, the best way out with these are to keep mum ie. To talk minimum and try not to indulge in any type of activity with them. If you are weak then only you get affected and hurt, so, get up and fight it out . Nobody else can help you but your own self. Reading good books , keeping company with energetic people having positive approach, regular meditation and yoga is the key to boost the quality of your life.
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It has to pass the “laugh test,” however. If it’s ridiculously too high, they’ll just laugh. Likewise an employer’s offer must pass yours, lest you laugh because it’s ridiculously low.
Once, my daughter asked for my negotiation advice and (surprisingly) followed it. She had been a star document organizer in a nation-wide class action lawsuit with 800 trials pending and mountains of e-paperwork to track, file, retrieve at a moment’s notice. She lived in Manhattan on her $35,000 [= $17.50/hour] annual salary. After she left the firm, for reasons other than salary, they ran into trouble. They called her back and asked her to consult with the remaining paralegals to show them her organization and retrieval system.
My daughter and I figured that $150/hour would be fair. Once they had agreed on her consulting role, timing, independent contractor status, etc., her old boss said, “I suppose we can start at the usual $35,000.”
She laughed.
They flunked her laugh test.
When you present your number, don’t share a small number, share your Ideal. Your “Wow!” number. (Quick reminder, though. Remember Commandment 1. Wait until you’re sure they’re ready to make you an offer.) Your ideal number should make you blush a little (or it’s not high enough).
Make sure, of course, it’s bolstered by a solid value-proposition. (See Commandment 5.) Let them know the rationale behind the numbers and you can soften the economic blow by saying, “This may be just a bit out of reach, but I think I owe it to you to tell you what would really excite me. It’s ________.”
Think about it. Why would you start negotiations any lower?
There’s a curious phenomenon. In negotiations, the first number you put out will act as a magnet and pull their number toward it: the higher your number [assuming it passes the laugh test], the stronger the magnet.
The only worry in going first and going high is that you might catch your employer off guard and the Ideal number has such strong magnetism that s/he agrees to overpay you. However, if you feel bad/guilty for taking advantage of his/her poor negotiation skills, you can always give it back! You can always say, “You know, I think I was a little too demanding in the negotiations and while I expect to be your star employee, I want you to feel good about my earnings. Why don’t we take 10% of my earnings and give them to a charity we can both agree on?”
To the best of my knowledge, no one’s ever done that, but just in case you’re too timid or embarrassed to go for the gold, remembering this might help you engage that last little bit of motivation to “Honor Thy Wealth and Prosperity.”
(c)2008, Jack Chapman, “The Salary Coach,” and author of Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute. Used with permission. For more information about salary negotiations, visit www.SalaryNegotiations.com.
]]>These “name” your salary and frame your negotiation. Your employer probably has his/her own three numbers as well. Good negotiations will find the common ground between you. Excellent negotiations on your part will be at the highest possible point of that common ground.
Let’s say you’re a convention coordinator, and in your present job you’re underpaid at $45,000. And let’s say you’d be ecstatic at $70,000 – a number bigger than you think you’d ever get, but it’s not a complete fantasy – it passes the “laugh test.”
At the other end of the spectrum, there’s no point in moving jobs for less than, say, $50,000. We’ve named the Ideal (top) and the No-go (bottom) numbers.
Now the employer. She is pulling her hair out with the complaints she’s getting with her current coordinator. She’s in danger of losing an entire $150,000 account if she doesn’t get someone [like you] who’s good with attention to detail. She knows that the average salary for a coordinator is $40,000 for a plodder, up to $55,000 for a self-starter. The top of her range is $60,000.
Your common ground, then, is $50,000 - $60,000. That’s $50K for your lowest, and $60K for her highest. Neither of you know that common ground when you start negotiating. All you know is your own range.
There’s a whole negotiating dance that takes place to come to some agreement. The part of that dance I want to emphasize in this commandment is your clarity. Before you begin serious money talk, your top, bottom, and midground numbers need to be thought out. If they are fuzzy, your negotiations will be fuzzy. If you’re not clear that $50,000 is as low as you’ll go, you might waffle. In the heat of the interview, experiencing great rapport, imagining friendly coworkers (not the grouches you work with now) you will be tempted to say, “OK. I’ll start there and work up.”
No! Do not take the name of your salary in vain! “I’m sorry, Ms. Employer. I would love to work here. I feel a great connection. I love your accounts, but somehow we have to reach a minimum of $50,000 and preferably $55. Let’s put our heads together and find a way, shall we?”
Negotiating Your Salary: How To Make a $1000 a Minute has more information about the ISN numbers
(c)2008, Jack Chapman, “The Salary Coach,” and author of Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute. Used with permission. For more information about salary negotiations, visit www.SalaryNegotiations.com.
]]>Once your goal is in front of you, everything else will fall into place.
1. Having Confidence in Yourself and believing in your abilities is the first rule to follow when appearing for an interview. For if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you!
2. Preparing for the interview in advance is a sensible thing to do. Prepare for the interview by gaining more knowledge about the Company, its policies, work culture etc by visiting its website and by reading some of its Corporate Company literature. By doing sufficient homework before the interview, you will be able to add tremendously to your self confidence because you will be ready to answer specific questions that the interviewer may ask during the course of the interview.
3. Dress Well for the interview. What you wear and how you look can once again add to your confidence level. Remember: First impression is usually the last impressions. Hence, make sure that you dress smartly and project a confident and professional image.
4. Communicate well. From the moment you enter the interview room and till the time you leave it, you will be under constant scrutiny. Hence, you must portray your self confidence in the way you walk, talk, sit and communicate. Build on your conversational skills so that you may not be at a loss for words while replying to questions posed by the interviewer.
5. Adopt a Positive & Confident Tone of Voice. Each time you talk, make sure that you sound interested, positive and confident. Whenever you are asked a question, take your time to think about it and then answer it to the best of your abilities. Believe in yourself anad have faith in your beliefs. In the event that you have a doubt, clarify it before answering.
Results are not always in our hands. But it is definitely up to us how well we make the effort. So believe in your abilities and have a successful interview!
]]>The goal of performance is to achieve the company mission and vision. Almost no one performs, for the organization, however, if his or her own mission and vision are not accomplished as well.An effective performance management system sets new employees up to succeed, so they can help your organization succeed.
An effective performance management system provides enough guidance so people understand what is expected of them. It provides enough flexibility and wiggle room so that individual creativity and strengths are nurtured. It provides enough control so that people understand what the organization is trying to accomplish.
The following must occur for a working performance management system.
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