Resolution - Increase Employee Engagement - Video 1 Second of Your Work Day

(From Fastcompany.com) Two days after launching a Kickstarter project, Cesar Kuriyama found himself bombarded with questions and requests. It was tempting to work around the clock. But at 6 p.m., he got up from his desk and went for a bike ride. Because he needed to find a moment worth recording.

Kuriyama is fundraising for an app that makes it easy for anyone to record one second each day of their lives. It’s based on an experiment he has been conducting on his own life since February 20, 2011, when after saving for years, he quit his job to take a year off from work. To chronicle what he assumed would be the most adventurous year of his life; he started selecting one second of video footage from each day. His plan was to compile the moments into a six-minute memento. Soon, however, he found the project was doing more than documenting his life--it was changing the decisions he made about how to spend time.

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“[The project has] made me realize I need to do one interesting thing to make today count,” he says. “It’s been an incalculably positive influence on my life. The reason that I’ve really decided to stop everything and try to build this thing is that I genuinely think it can have that same influence for others." Here’s how he believes chronicling a life in one-second chunks can change it.

Business Resolution  –  Record 1 second every  work day for a month – the good and the bad.

 How can this change the way you work and the way that your employees work? It makes you very conscious of your actions. Were they good? Were they bad? Were there any employee successes? Were you motivating? Were you prepared?

Use this as an experiment in your company. Try it for a month and get the entire company involved, no matter your size company 1 – 1,000, video one second of every day. Find out if there is anyone that can stitch them together in your company, since the app isn’t created yet.

After the month is over, make sure that you have a special meeting where everyone can watch them, especially if multiple people are recording these 1 second tidbits. In the meeting, get feedback if it was successful. If it was successful, continue it and see how people’s attitudes change when they realize they need to record 1 second every day. This will be sure to increase employee engagement!

6 Tips for Managers on Employee Relations

1.     Establish a Framework of Trust – it is imperative that the leadership exhibit behaviors and actions in the workplace that are consistent and fair.  It is important that you address their needs in a candid, reliable and consistent manner. 

2.     Clarify your Expectations – Define your expectations in a manner in which people can understand and be willing to compromise if found to be overzealous with your projections.  People know that they are being asked to do more with less but be reasonable in your expectations of them and they will be fair in their evaluation of you.

3.     Focus on your People’s Strengths – contrary to popular belief, the most valuable asset of your organization is not your people; it is the strengths of your people.  Making sure that the talents of your people are maximized to reach their potential in an integral component of a high achieving organization.

4.     Communication Channels must be Open – focus on all aspects of your communication including your non-verbal skills and make sure all your vehicles for communicating with the workforce reflect a positive yet realistic design for success.

5.     Use Delegation as a learning Experience – delegate the workload to the people that want to learn and develop.  Provide the instructions and demonstrate the skill-sets that will make them successful with the assignment and monitor their progress while being in a supportive role from start to finish.

6.     Invest in Development – People development should be the primary responsibility of anyone in a leadership role.  Managers must make sure that the work environment is conducive for growth and development.  An employee relation is helping people reach their potential enabling them to be satisfied with their career pathway.

At Innovative Leadership, we believe that the growth and development of people can make a difference with the success of your organization.  Click Here or Call 609.390.2830 for more information on our Training and Development Courses

Business Owner reSOLUTIONS for 2012

It's not too late to start your reSOLUTIONS; Here are 15 suggestions for Business Owners.

1. Get employees to Think like Owners
2. Create a Build a Great Workplace
3. Understand that You Can't Do it All
4. Utilize Your Professional Team of Advisors
5. Create an Advisory Board
6. Don't Accept Status Quo
7. Participate in Community Activities
8. Learn to Work "On" Your Business NOT "In" Your Business
9. Open your Mind to Innovation and Creativity
10. Be a Forward Thinker - Focus on the Design of the Outcome
11. When Defining Your Vision of the Future, Set Clear Goals
12. Measure Your Results
13. Set a Budget and Stick to it!
14. Link Your Goals to Your Financial Outcome
15. Practice Continuous Improvement