Paul Glynn’s Post

  It’s time for the Northland Business Excellence Awards 2024…and it’s not too late to get your entry in! WRMK Lawyers is proud to sponsor the Northland Business Excellence Awards again in 2024, and in particular a new category this year: Employer of Choice. For all entrants, the Awards are a great opportunity to check how your business is tracking across a number of core areas, and in a challenging year like 2024, the process provides an excellent opportunity to step back and objectively review your business while you complete your application.  NorthChamber’s dedicated team are there to support you to complete your application, so you can reap the benefits of being an awards entrant, or perhaps even a Winner! We are really looking forward to reading this year’s Employer of Choice entries. This category is a great opportunity to showcase how your business looks after its people – who are arguably more important in trying times than in good! We’re not looking for flashy incentives – but great workplace cultures that really engage their teams – whatever that looks like for you. If you’re already entered, good on you! Keep up the mahi and get that entry finalised. Visit https://lnkd.in/g3GmRGTD or email info@northchamber.co.nz to find out more about entering the Awards, or support with your entry.

5 Elements Needed To Run A Successful Incentive Program 5 Elements Needed To Run A Successful Incentive Program: 1. Clearly Defined Objectives 2. Tailored Reward System 3. Transparent Criteria and Fair Evaluation 4. Effective Communication More info: https://lnkd.in/d3jbTu7a #IncentiveSuccess #EmployeeEngagement #MotivationMatters #BusinessGoals #SuccessSecrets #TeamMotivation #CompanyCulture #EmployeeRewards #WinningStrategies #WorkforceExcellence

"Motivation is like food for the brain—you can’t get enough in just one sitting. It needs continual and regular top up's." — Peter Davies. If there's one thing we all know, it's that motivation is essential to get through the day. Sure, a "Good job!" here and a "Great work!" there help, but how do you keep that momentum going? That’s where Rembrandt Awards comes in! We manage everything for you with our Employee Recognition programs, ensuring your team stays motivated and engaged. Nomination, Points, Long Service, Awards - you name it we have it! Ready to see amazing results? Start your program with Rembrandt Awards today! Motivation drives success—call us now to get started! #EmployeeRecognition #RembrandtAwards #MotivationMatters Image from Quote Pixel

Oct 10th 2024 "If you have a dumb incentive system, you get dumb outcomes.” The late Charlie Munger was endlessly quotable, but this pearl of pith from the famed investor is one that every manager should remember. ... A second study ... tested the effects of making co-operativeness a formal job requirement. Expectations of being helpful to colleagues were added to the job descriptions and performance appraisals of engineers working in a research-and-development (r&d) centre at a chemicals company in East Asia. (A second r&d centre in the company acted as a control.) Surveys of affected employees found that the motivation to help changed once it was part of the job, from an intrinsic drive to be co-operative to a desire to show off to the higher-ups. The type of help that people offered their colleagues changed as a result: there were more frequent instances of helpful behaviour but the quality of assistance that people actually gave each other went down. “How can I help as long as it doesn’t involve too much effort?” is a very watery form of collaboration. Superb read: https://lnkd.in/gUT4zpdj

Being a Good Manager! Whether it be the England football manager or a business manager you have to have a strategy and systems that work. You need to play to the strengths of your team and the weaknesses of your opposition. Back in 1976 I joined a Company in London as a CDM. The Company had 54 staff who were producing Company search Reports before computers existed and it was taking them a week to produce those Reports. I thought that time span was ridiculous and reduced it to 4 hours. Customers then received the same day as they requested Reports on M&S, Shell, BP or any other Company registered at Companies House. As part of the time reduction process reducing from 168 hours to 4 hours I introduced an incentive scheme whereby the staff if they produced could up their salaries by as much in some cases 100%. They did just that and 10 people left who were then surplus to requirements. The scheme paid for itself and the turnover and profit went up hugely as elsewhere other such search providers were still taking a week to produce. Whether it be Gareth or any other manager that is what you have to do to get results. Just study the situation, use your brain with vision and you can be a Winner!

"You're coming to lunch," was called over my desk. I was 25, and without warning, my boss invited me to The Palm Restaurant, a place far beyond what I could afford on my minimum-wage job. I was an assistant in the training program at CAA for a senior agent and department head. My boss expected a level of perfection, but he was fair. I was nervous and a little scared. What had I done wrong? Was he firing me? That's why we were out of the office. The lunch crowd was all men. I felt like a kid. Thank you for taking me to lunch I said. He answered, "No, thank you for your hard work this last year. What? Surprise was an understatement. We had a lovely human-to-human lunch about who we are and where we come from. I felt seen, appreciated, heard, and respected. I was not a cog in a wheel; we were a team. On our way back to the office, we walked by a shoe store, Joan and David, which was outside my budget. He randomly bought me a pair of shoes. Back at the office, it was all business - he was not my friend. I worked harder, I was more loyal, I stayed later and came in earlier. To this day, he is the best boss I have ever had. Small things can have a huge impact, especially if they are personal. People want recognition, to be heard, and respected—anything you can do to give your employees that is key. "Oh," and a bonus or a raise are always good choices. #EmployeeAppreciationDay #management #finance #work

6 months together, how time flies 💘* It has been 6 months since I was incredibly fortunate to be awarded the Employee Owner of the Year award at the annual eoa conference. It’s also just about three years since I was - again - incredibly fortunate to become an Employee Trustee at Stephens Scown 💕 Both milestones have me in a reflective mood. We’re currently running an election to appoint five new Employee Trustees as the terms of five of our current Employee Trustees end (Dave Robbins, Lexie Williams, Anthony Booth, Kia Pearson and myself). Those of us exiting these roles have given a lot and contributed a lot in that time, for the benefit of our fellow employee-owners and for our business. But I know that by handing over to colleagues new to the positions we will be adding new experience and perspective, not losing it. And, in our time we have raised the bar of what is expected from a Trustee at Stephens Scown – and when we step away the bar will be set to that level as a minimum, and then taken higher yet again by the new group, as we continually evolve our Employee Ownership. Before we part though, there is still the little-old task of delivering an outstanding EO Day event, so we all get to finish our time as Trustees with a bang! 🤯 It has been a pleasure to be of service. #EmployeeOwnership #EmployeeEngagement #Culture *I'm a Film graduate, not that you could tell from this (purposefully) simple piece, and I have never finished a short film with 'Fin' before...until now. But, after the roller-coaster of these 31 seconds, I thought it needed a punchy and charming and romantic ending.

Today marks my first year with Lloyds! Aside from making great connections and mastering the commute, it’s reminded me of these valuable lessons…. 1) Find your people - it’s hard going somewhere new and unknown - quickly find people you want to know and need to know. This should include those you can trust to give you honest feeback and point you in the right direction. 2) Be humble - no matter how much knowledge/experience you have or think you have, there’s a whole new world of people who know a whole heap you don’t! Lap up the advice, take the suggestion, do the work and make the most of every opportunity. 3) Stay true to you - you adjust to the climate and culture but you must be authentic. It’s called personal branding because it’s personal! And the golden rule to it all - there is always time for fun 😉Any pre-emptive advice for year 2 gratefully welcomed 🙏🏻

What are your company's core values? Creativity, Honesty, Loyalty, Meaningful Work, Success? Or maybe Recognition, Trustworthiness, Wisdom, Optimism, or Popularity? Whatever they are, you can be sure Rembrandt Awards aligns with them all! At Rembrandt Awards, we take your core values to heart and seamlessly incorporate them into our employee recognition programs and awards. Ready to elevate your team’s experience? Mark your calendar and give us a call today for a FREE demo! #EmployeeRecognition #CoreValues #RembrandtAwards Image from Moore Momentum

You're struggling to land the job you want because you don't clearly know what you truly desire. 1.     Write down all the things you'd like (e.g., salary, benefits, bonus, relocation or home office stipend, PTO, etc.). 2.     Rank the list by importance. 3.     Label each item as negotiable or non-negotiable. 4.     For negotiable items, note the minimum you'd accept. 5.     Research to "validate" your items (e.g., if you want a $175K salary, is it aligned with the market? Too high? Too low?). The Blueprint Masterclass Series: https://lnkd.in/eGg9KvW8 Masterclass session in progress!